Technically, yes, but not in the way the parent meant. Getting access to a few GNU tools is not the same thing as a real fully-featured desktop and software rep

Technically, yes, but not in the way the parent meant. Getting access to a few GNU tools is not the same thing as a real fully-featured desktop and software repositories. That's before mentioning proper support for closed-source x86 applications. Most developers target Ubuntu, not ChromeOS.