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They are built on Linux fundamentals but are miles away from being a _Linux desktop_.

Oh right they are a Linux laptop.

They are another somewhat closed ecosystem and becoming more closed over time. Better than a TV that runs Linux, (so far still) better than Android, worse than any "real" Linux distribution.

They are mostly on the wrong side in the war on general-purpose computing.

> They are mostly on the wrong side in the war on general-purpose computing.

All modern Chromebooks can be put into developer mode without opening the case, which gives you root access.

And until very recently you could install whatever apk you wanted on your android phone.

You still can.

That's changing though.

They're pretty hostile to it though. With normal developer mode, every boot it actively prompts the user to factory wipe it!

Honestly we could consider Chromebook just as Android. Yes technically they run on Linux kernel but there is so much going wrong. It's far from what everyone think when saying Linux desktop.

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