Follow-up question: if i got a Chromebook and wanted to put a distro on it that does what ChromeOS does, what distro would you reccomend? Just to be clear, I strongly dislike Chrome but depend on Google apps for my schoolwork and my job, which is why I’m looking at a Chromebook at all.
find your specific model, figure out how to boot from USB. some require battery to be disconnected and power supply only, then plug battery and it will secure it again.