“Has anyone tried to install Linux on this laptop? If so, does it run it good enough? After the installation, do the windows gets erased?”
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Look up Microsoft's "Linux Subsystem". After enabling this Windows feature, you can install your favorite distribution from the Windows Store, and access a Linux command-line without leaving Windows! I've set up Ubuntu 16.04 LTS successfully on this laptop and my two other Windows PCs. It works rather well. I'm still in shock that Microsoft, bastion of paid, proprietary software, has embraced Linux. Perhaps new leadership in Redmond realized that since the demise of DOS, cmd.exe just doesn't cut it anymore; that no one who doesn't have to wants to learn and use PowerShell; that Python for Windows leads to tears; and that developers and other serious computer users have been persuading corporate IT departments to buy MacBooks, because MacOS provides a Unix/Linux-style command-line out-of-the-box. In case the Linux Subsystem for Windows does not meet your needs, nothing precludes native installation of Linux on this laptop. A dual-boot configuration with Windows and Linux on the tiny 32 GB SSD is doubtful, though. You could try to boot Linux from a microSD card or a USB drive, although routine booting from removable media would have to be tested with this laptop's particular firmware/BIOS.
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