Can’t install Manjaro i3wm

Hi and welcome!

In general (my experience) Acer give a **** on Linux. Their support is rubbish and the UEFI prevent you to install it. Also flashing a new UEFI works only on Windows.

BUT… there are some tricks to let it work. You need to disable some features or let the UEFI thinking that it is using Windows. That is done with grub:

Here you can write parameter that takes effect on the boot.

This way you can disable the TLP service for example:

While in the Grub Menu of Live media, press e to edit it, and append after quiet this line

systemd.mask=tlp.service

Then press F10 to save and continue booting.
Is that helping?
If that is a desktop pc, i would recommend to remove tlp

This way you make the UEFI thinking it is using Windows:

Now your post:

That is quite normal, when it doesn’t hangs and just take some time.

That is a known problem, but caused by the UEFI. You need to disable it .You can mask it in the grub boot menu (described above) like this:

 systemd.mask=systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video0.service

Here is also a collection of power setups:

Sorry, that you have this experience, but in that case it is not the fault of Linux. :sob: