I'm about buying a new laptop as I sold my old one after issues with running php

My budget is extremely lean (less than 30k) and I've been seeing chrome books with 7hrs battery time amongst other things for like 20k
so I Google searched and found there is a way to install windows or Linux on the laptop
seeing that the windows process is long and complex I chose to use Linux using Crouton (no experience with Linux before) tutorial shows Linux works seamlessly but I'm sceptical about buying a chrome book
though



please who has experience with it and can advice me on how to go about it

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-install-linux-on-a-chromebook-and-unlock-its-ful-509039343

I'm in US but I use chromebook. I like the battery life and like that it's cheap. I installed Linux via crouton and use it for programming. I fortunately bought the older acer model so I was able to upgrade the measly 2gb of ram to 16gb at one point. Downgraded it to 8gb. If you are on a tight budget, then it's not bad.

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