Chrome books brag about security. Checks during boot sequence. Linux gives full control over your destiny. As secure as you are willing to read and apply the knowledge.

Windows and Apple I feel like in along for their ride.

Does anyone prefer to login to their trading and bank accounts in one operating system I’ve the other.

I use Linux, but is a name brand Chromebook any less secure. A live USB Linux distro always seemed secure enough. No partition is writable.