One note: If you're gonna install Chrome OS on an old laptop, please stop, rethink your life choices, and install literally any lightweight Linux distro instead. But seriously, Chrome OS is linux-based, but it's very locked down, and most probably includes a lot of that good old Google Spyware™ with it. Meanwhile, all popular Linux distros are built around freedom, will do anything Chrome OS can do, and won't spy on you.,(reply>), Admittedly, Ubuntu has some privacy settings that have to be configured, but it's far from your only distro choice, and it's still a whole lot better to have to turn off data collection than to not be allowed to.