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If you're buying a Chromebook because of the low price point, there is a way out.

Many (not all) of them can be reflashed with a ROM that allows for a mainstream Linux distro to be installed. https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/rom-download...

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What about the chroot/Crouton route?

Crouton leaves ChromeOS in place and running, so I assumed it was out of place for this discussion. I don't know how much the chroot does to mitigate that. I assume, for example, it's still Google's kernel in place?

Yes, it's still using the same kernel.

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