It is confirmed that it is not an Ubuntu specific bug. It can be installed and booted according to the guide here: http://community.acer.com/t5/E-F-and-M-Series-Laptops/Acer-Aspire-ES-15-ES1-533-C3UW-Legacy-BIOS-Missing/td-p/471754/page/2
So it is only a bad UEFI of this model making it difficult to install any Linux distribution (although not impossible).
It is confirmed that it is not an Ubuntu specific bug. It can be installed and booted according to the guide here: http:// community. acer.com/ t5/E-F- and-M-Series- Laptops/ Acer-Aspire- ES-15-ES1- 533-C3UW- Legacy- BIOS-Missing/ td-p/471754/ page/2
So it is only a bad UEFI of this model making it difficult to install any Linux distribution (although not impossible).