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I hope not. I modified a Toshiba CB35 2015 Chromebook to run Linux on it and it's a superb device.

The screen alone rivals $1,000 laptops in terms of quality / real estate but the Chromebook is only $300.

IMO it's the perfect portable developer laptop if you account for specs / price.

Could you elaborate what you did for the linux setup?

Was it something different from Crouton/Chrubuntu/Gallium?

It is running GalliumOS and I swapped in a bigger SSD. Ended up being $350 total for the Chromebook + SSD modification.

I still happily use it today.