Hi, I got the quoted bits below offline, don't know why it wasn't to the list ????? "From what i've heard Chrbuntu is trivially easy to install on the pixel and arch has instructions for it as well. additionally you can always go for something like crouton for easy rapid switching between chromeos and full linux." What I understand is that you need to boot in "developer mode" or similar, without doing that it will always go back to Chrome OS. I haven't looked any more closely on this, not about to shell out for a Pixel Chromebook any time soon and they don't seem to be readily available in AU anyway (if at all in AU). "the display menu lets you change it to larger resolutions. but to get to native you will need a third party util. samsung and lenovo have some ultraportables that have 1600*900 (with ips options as well) screens. though this is fairly garbage compared to 2560*1700 in the pixel" For me, well if a phone around 5" can do FHD, then why not any laptop 14" and above? Cheers A.