The pixels have fantastic screens, the other chromebooks are fantastically cheap. The hardware on regular chromebooks is apparently great for the price, the ha

The pixels have fantastic screens, the other chromebooks are fantastically cheap. The hardware on regular chromebooks is apparently great for the price, the hardware on the pixel is not great except for the screen. If neither of those things are what you are looking for, then steer clear of chromebooks. (I use a Pixel with plain old Debian. I have to press Ctrl-L every time I boot, as DanBC describes.)