I was given a free Chromebox (Samsung "Series 3"), and I tried to install Linux on it. It didn't work at all, apparently because the Chromebox doesn't support "

I was given a free Chromebox (Samsung "Series 3"), and I tried to install Linux on it. It didn't work at all, apparently because the Chromebox doesn't support "legacy boot," whatever that is. I tried Crouton and Chrubuntu in turn, and found that sound didn't work in the first case, and that the kernel was not upgradeable. I gave up and I bought a PC (Intel NUC). I was able to install Linux on it, but it failed to boot. I then found a BIOS update, and managed to get it installed (not a trivial task). After that my NUC worked well, except for the IR port, which required additional driver hunting. Sadly, we're still a long ways from "it just works." The NUC didn't support Linux out of the box, even though it ships without an OS!