How hard is it to run Linux? It depends on your luck and persistence. I received a junked Lenovo 11e Chromebook recently and it would always freeze at 99% during any distribution install (classic). Enabling a kernel parameter fixed it. How did I know this? Don’t even ask.
text #define SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_CQE (1<<17) (1<<17) = 0x20000 Memory card controller has unusable command queue engine text sdhci.debug_quirks=0x20000 Magical kernel parameter entered in at boot