If you get say a 64gig flashdrive and set Reaper up to save and render directly to the flashdrive and keep all your samples/recordings on there, then you can keep a lot of that data off the limited chromebook storage. Though again, with Reaper, I think you can install it to a flashdrive as a portable program and run it on any compatible computer you plug it into. Not a lot of room to store samples/recordings/renders, or to install software for that matter. Not sure how large chrome OS or a Linux distro would be, but let’s say after formatting and getting an OS you have 16 gigs left.

Setting aside the issue of processing power/compatibility, you only have 32 gigs of storage to work with. So assuming you can get something like Reaper on there, I bet it could be made to run. Looking at the kind of Chromebook I would want to buy (say USD 300 and under), I’m surprised to find that some of these are running an X86-64 compatible CPU (which is the same as you would be running on Windows), though they are low-spec for 4-5 years ago.

Fl studio mobile on chromebook