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Originally Posted by sl42
Nearly every Linux user is a constant repeat customer for Microsoft, even if they never use the product they are paying for.
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Those Linux users should purchase their hardware from someone like System76 (who specializes in Ubuntu tailored systems) or build their own systems.
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Originally Posted by sl42
Personally, I switched to Linux (Slackware downloaded as floppy disk images from a local BBS) in 1995 having seen and heard a bit about the upcoming Windows 95 by then which I really didn't like one bit and had no desire to use.
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My first distribution was Debian. Followed by Red Hat. I never used Windows 95 much as I was using a Mac at the time. However, I rather liked Windows 98SE. It was a big improvement.
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Originally Posted by sl42
ChromeOS on the other hand, might be perfect. It is simple and likely to be the most appropriate choice for people not capable of installing another OS. Those who need more capability can go ahead and install Linux, or buy and install Windows. Really that would seem pretty ideal for all users.
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Unfortunately, Chromebooks are buttoned down pretty well. You can get a distro on there doing something like a chroot, but that is a compromise, pure and simple. Due to the secure nature of ChromeOS and it's relationship to the hardware that it ships with (which takes a holistic approach to security), putting something else on the machine is not ideal. It can be done, but, like I said, things like a chroot are a compromise.