I used an ARM Chromebook with Linux installed for about 2 years. YMMV, but VLC seemed to not work anywhere near as well as it does on the x86 (in terms of play

I used an ARM Chromebook with Linux installed for about 2 years. YMMV, but VLC seemed to not work anywhere near as well as it does on the x86 (in terms of playback and codec availability). Good battery life though.