I only know so much, something about switching dev teams/ownership and screwing the original devs but I found an article that claims to know the whole thing.
https://80.lv/articles/truth-behind-firing-disco-elysium-developers-za-um-s-canceled-sequel
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Might have to give it a shot, I tried a couple different lightweight OSs on my old Chromebook, maybe this one will feel right.