Crostini
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“A modern chromebook with Crostini can run basically any Linux desktop stack you want.”
“Crostini fits the "I want to run a Linux VM"”
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“Crostini is kind of a joke, but I use it to remote into real Linux boxes.”
“I use remote VSCode via Crostini to do development work”
“Crostini and all the layer-cake isolation is wildly impressive!”
Caveats and dissent
“there are measurable performance tradeoffs for anything running via Crostini”
“Crostini has been WIP for years”
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“this and Crostini both look like there are too many caveats”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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All comments 10
“A modern chromebook with Crostini can run basically any Linux desktop stack you want.”
“Crostini fits the "I want to run a Linux VM"”
“match Crostini by the end of the year”
“I use Crostini to remote into these boxes to do any development”
“there are measurable performance tradeoffs for anything running via Crostini”
“Crostini is kind of a joke, but I use it to remote into real Linux boxes.”
“I use remote VSCode via Crostini to do development work”
“Crostini has been WIP for years”
“this and Crostini both look like there are too many caveats”
“Crostini and all the layer-cake isolation is wildly impressive!”