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Re:You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS by confounded on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @07:36PM (#17026301)
You’re pretty much describing Purism’s Librem line of laptops:

https://puri.sm/products/librem-13/

Re:You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS by airstrike on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @11:38PM (#17027262)
Wow. Thanks for sharing. This is amazing... it's like it was made for me but I'm sure my wife won't approve the idea of buying yet another computer. Good daydreaming material, though!
Re:You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS by dagw on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @04:07AM (#17028142)
Here's a review and discussion from a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16894557
Re:You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS by chi3 on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @03:56AM (#17028108)
Aren't they just Clevo computers? If so, the ones I've used have _nowhere_ near premium build quality.
Re:You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS by 8draco8 on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @10:29AM (#17030088)
Because they are Clevo. In my opinion the whole "linux laptops" are just a scam in general. Virtually all of them are just slapping their logo on top of generic machine from vendor like Clevo or Compal and are saying that those are "machines designed for linux" ... no they aren't. The most that they are doing is to negotiate with Clevo to put a WiFi card that will work with linux out-of-the-box, which is basically the same what you can do yourself.