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by reynhout 3621 days ago
You're right, that could be more clear. We plan to add ARM support, but we aren't there yet. Sorry for the disappointment.

There are 101 (really) Chromebook models, past and present. 33 are ARM, but GalliumOS supports almost all of the remaining 68.

https://wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility

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Such a polite reply to such a grumbly comment. Thanks for the work you do, even if I can't take advantage of it yet.

The main issue with desktop Linux on ARM Chromebooks (that I encountered) is HW acceleration. GLES support is sketchy to nonexistent among the current crop of window managers. I am hopeful that some of the work the Pyra team is doing to bring a standard accelerated desktop to a mobile device can be reused on the Chromebook - I've already had some success with GLshim, which was developed for the Pandora.