Why don’t you try the Fedora Budgie spin for that underpowered Chromebook? It is way more resource efficient than the main Fedora Workstation edition(500-600 MB on idle compared to 1.1 GB on Fedora Workstation)
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve just treated myself to a new laptop with a decent amount of memory / storage to use as my main machine, so I’ve nothing to lose by giving it a go on the old Chromebook, see if I can keep the thing going for a while longer even if it’s only for lightweight occasional use. 
Sercure boot, TPM and Selinux enabled by default.
i joined in cause i find it to be more accessible than windows
less bloatware
AND i can run my fav DAW being garageband!
also the fact it’ll be a learning experience since i want to get into programming
I like the release cycle. I like having new software without a rolling release model.
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I did a huge amount of distrohopping for a year and even got comfortable manually installing Arch Linux several times. I discovered my favourites and had to choose to settle down on one (Arch Linux, Fedora, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed / Leap 16). I love how stable Fedora feels in some aspects and how up to date it is in others. A modern kernel and graphic stack matter to me and they are bang up to date on Fedora. It’s more leading edge than rolling release and I really like that. Gnome 50 remains Gnome 50 and so I won’t get any surprises there (Plasma is different, almost rolling too). Fedora performs just as well on my hardware as Arch Linux and there’s just something about Fedora that feels great to me.
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