oh that's good to hear, i might give wayland a try, hell i can also test on a 32 bit machine that i installed OpenBSD to (haven't really used it since)
do you happen to remember which CPU you were running? how was the performance, these R61s are kinda maxed out (regional government really likes to flaunt it's money sometimes)
i wonder if niri would work on these, my arm64 chromebook flies with niri!
it can be relatively easy to get linux in chromebooks, i love them
i bought an Acer CB311 intel (x86) second hand for half the price and put linux on it like 4 years ago, it was my main computer until last year my dog knocked a glass of water next to it (it's alive but i messed up the screen and keyboar using the blow drier)
after that i bought a new acer CB314 (arm cpu) and have been really happy with it
longest baterry lives ive seen and they are perfect for some light development