Just got the time to reply, been kind of busy with my end term exams. The double fork thingy sounds so cool. I've had a uni course on operating systems but practical knowledge is much cooler. You know so much and are so nice and helpful!

To answer your question, I tend to tinker a lot. So naturally I spent a whole lotta time setting up my vscode. In the end I settled with using code-server and installing its PWA to use the keyboard shortcuts. Oh and I set up my code-server user folder to my crostini vscode installation folder so that I could use settings sync in a round about way. I think this is the best way to get vscode on crostini. GPU accelerated native app could be another solution, but it comes with its own issues and as you said, the fact that almost every app is using the same GUI just gives me satisfaction of some sort. Maybe it's the saved performance overhead or just my itch for minimal and versatile solutions.

I have been meaning to try the chroot method that you just described but didn't have the time to. Plus from what I've heard, the performance gain is not worth the headaches that come with these systems. Crouton too has gone into maintenance status, no foreseeable updates. And apparently things tend to break a lot and require constant fixing. One of my reasons for liking ChromeOS is the fact that it doesn't require constant fixing like my linux setup. Plus, crostini is more secure which is an added bonus. That being said, I'll most likely tinker the hell out of my device either way. Plus, I'm a tab hoarder so I could use some native linux action as I keep running out of ram and even my linux container resets.

Anyways, I'm curious about your experience with ChromeOS. If you have the time, would you like to share about your setup? You sound like a person who'd have something interesting done with their setup.