Possibly true, although some of the surface widgets have been linux capable in the past. I wouldn't worry, chromebooks are increasingly getting the ability to

Possibly true, although some of the surface widgets have been linux capable in the past. I wouldn't worry, chromebooks are increasingly getting the ability to run android apps, and arm compatibility is a big win for android running apps. I expect nice chromebooks are in the pipeline with the snapdragon 835. Every chromebook (and chromebox for that matter) can be installed with Linux. I believe that agreement that allows suppliers to call it a chromebook require the ability of the user to install their own OS. Additionally google's been pretty good at upstreaming various patches for touchpads, battery management, and related.