Comment by lern_too_spel
4 days ago
The Debian experience on my kid's Chromebook in Crostini is truly fantastic. The Android experience, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be desired. I had hoped a convertible Chromebook could give them access to all the learning apps across Linux, the web, and Android on a single device; but a lot of Android apps tell the Play Store they aren't compatible, and I have to jump through hoops to get them installed.
To be fair (and, again, biased), Android apps run wildly better on a Chromebook than they do on a Mac or Windows box. :)
School Chromebooks are very limited devices (often these were low-end units purchased at the beginning of the pandemic!), and you're likely comparing it to the flagship Samsung or whatever in your pocket, which is just objectively a much more powerful computer.
For a good experience running Android apps on ChromeOS you really need an ARM CPU and a decent amount of RAM (12 or 16).