Pixel C, with a keyboard cover, on paper would be a good device for Linux, it has a Tegra X1 which is a pretty decent SoC with a great GPU. You can even run som

Pixel C, with a keyboard cover, on paper would be a good device for Linux, it has a Tegra X1 which is a pretty decent SoC with a great GPU. You can even run some basic Tensorflow models on that GPU, it's the same as Jetson TX1. Nvidia has Linux for Tegra, but not sure if the final hardware enablement was ever done for Pixel C.