I had a previous gen Asus chromebox, I upgraded the memory to 16GB and installed Ubuntu LTS. I had a novice user in the family, so I just dragged all the icons out of the dock except for the file browser, settings, chrome, and firefox. This allowed things like plugging in a SD card, printing, and emailing photos. The experience was very similar to running Chrome OS.
It was a nice cheap ($180 I believe), quiet, and small desktop that was used for nearly a decade, I think it was purchased in 2014 or so.
It was a nice cheap ($180 I believe), quiet, and small desktop that was used for nearly a decade, I think it was purchased in 2014 or so.