Gnu/Linux works fine on a CB but you have to use Crouton and put in developer or use a fake Chroot. Google is working on making the Linux KVM work in ChromeOS

Gnu/Linux works fine on a CB but you have to use Crouton and put in developer or use a fake Chroot. Google is working on making the Linux KVM work in ChromeOS and there was a comment in a commit to stop disabling the KVM as it will be used for Docker support in the future. This would solve the issue of the work arounds and will make the CB a great GNU/Linux dev machine. BTW, with Crouton you can use docker containers on CBs. Since Linux kernel they run native.