thank you, all, for the input! i must confess i havenāt moved on this for a while. i will mark the ticket as ādoneā when i decide on a distro to use, but iām still staring at a bunch of open tabs 
the autobumping helps me not forget about moving on this, so i like it!
yes, despite the key combo! i will do this. searching points me to several tutorials including
- Guide To Flash SeaBIOS, Custom Firmware, On Chromebook ā¢ TechVorm
- https://www.maketecheasier.com/replace-chromebook-bios/
but then which distroā¦
another sidebar: this ez kodi script looks enticing but itās not a set-top box. i fear the nice laptop form factor would be wasted on this use BUT it wouldnāt be wasted if it meant i used the thing. waffling, per usual. MrChromebox.tech
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