Not on all models (especially not on the older ones), and even then it's unnecessarily complicated by design. There are workarounds that come with a performance impact, but most Chromebooks aren't exactly powerful machines.

A shame, really, because Linux could keep the Chromebooks that have somehow become too outdated alive for a few more years. Luckily Safari (and to some extend Firefox) is out there lacking common features that were in Chrome years ago, so polyfills will probably still be used for a few years.