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Follow-up question: if i got a Chromebook and wanted to put a distro on it that does what ChromeOS does, what distro would you reccomend? Just to be clear, I strongly dislike Chrome but depend on Google apps for my schoolwork and my job, which is why I'm looking at a Chromebook at all.

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 32 points 9 hours ago

Chromebooks are the answer to the question: "What's the point of an operating system if I do everything through my web browser anyway? Why not make a computer that just opens a browser?"

Your choice of distro is probably less important than your choice of DE. Chromebooks vary quite a bit in their specs--many are low-end hardware, but some are quite impressive. With decent hardware, I'd recommend Mint with Cinnamon DE as a good starter. For lower specs, you could try Debian with XFCE.