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I'm running Gallium OS on an old Chromebook ... it's a dead distro at this point, and getting a bit frightfully outdated, but it's the only distro specifically made for that hardware.
You should be able to run any Linux
Yeah, but Gallium has optimizations and drivers for Chromebook-specific hardware, including a custom kernel.
With any other distro, performance and battery life won't be quite as good, and some of the Chromebook specific stuff like special keyboard keys and the touchpad might not work.
Isn't that stuff mainlined?
Not that I'm aware of.