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Acer seems to support all Linux versions perfectly. But c720 is so ugly.. :( Any views ?
Unless you are really looking for the lowest cost possible, I would suggest that a more mainstream notebook will be give you a better experience.
I'm using a Samsung ChromeBook with Crouton - it's Ok. The keyboard is reasonably good. But the touchpad is not even close to that on the old MacBook Pros. Unless you are really looking for the lowest cost possible, I would suggest that a more mainstream notebook will be give you a better experience.
https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/hp-chromebook-13/
Keyboard is good, but it doesn't have a delete key or a meta key (this might be true on all chromebooks). The touchpad is above average IMO, but it doesn't seem to work great in Linux (haven't tried tweaking it yet).
Know that running linux via crouton can be a pain in the ass if you're used to having a full-blown linux install. If you want to be in Linux > 50% of the time I'm not sure I would use crouton, you could maybe explore the dual-boot option which I haven't tried.
Overall it's great for my purposes - most of the time I'm just in Chrome or sshed to my DigitalOcean box. if I need to do something else with a real OS I can switch over to crouton. Super cheap, it's super light, and the battery life is great.
Typing this on a C201, 4 gig version. Was just working in Linux earlier, I have crouton with the default xfce4 setup. Keyboard is good, but it doesn't have a delete key or a meta key (this might be true on all chromebooks). The touchpad is above average IMO, but it doesn't seem to work great in Linux (haven't tried tweaking it yet). Know that running linux via crouton can be a pain in the ass if you're used to having…