Does chromebook classify as linux? I had mac laptop, but granted I could not do anything in the shell, but just "remote" into an actual (or provided through gan

Does chromebook classify as linux? I had mac laptop, but granted I could not do anything in the shell, but just "remote" into an actual (or provided through ganeti ) machine, it was forbidden to check out locally on your laptop (makes sense). But clearly remember my team at LAX (part of Ads-Quality) had mix of mac, linux and I think two or three people windows laptops... But all were dumb terminals. Also taht was 2014-2017