The chromebook I had was not intel based, which complicates things along similar lines. From what I recall I wasn't able to install actual linux for some reason

The chromebook I had was not intel based, which complicates things along similar lines. From what I recall I wasn't able to install actual linux for some reason. Most likely compilation would be required at some point (and starting the JVM) and this machine was rather slow for such tasks, regardless of OS.