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Even if its mostly a web interface, the underlying technology is a GNU/Linux desktop and can run native Linux applications.
ChromeOS barely uses GNU and specifically goes out of its way to use alternatives to GNU wherever possible. It doesn't use the GNU C library, doesn't use the GNU compiler collection. Is it GNU/Linux? Maybe, just barely. Most the GNU stuff is relegated to containers.
No strong feelings either way, but I think there's a point to be made about their avoidance of GNU tooling.