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Valve will officially let you install SteamOS on other handhelds as soon as this April
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Drivers can be an issue with recent hardware on Debian due to said slow release cadence. May not work as well on recent hardware.
In that specific case, yeah, maybe try a different distro. SteamOS will still be a worse option since Valve doesn't have any published update cadence.
But still stick to a major distro, like Fedora or Linux Mint. It's unlikely you'll actually run into issues on Debian though...
Also, kernel upgrades. Unless the user knows about and specifically opts to use Debian backports, they're going to be on the same kernel version until the next stable Debian release. It's not the end of the world to leave performance on the table, but some people are picky about getting their money out of their hardware.
Using backports and upgrading to a newer kernel is fine for someone familiar with Linux and confident enough to tinker and make at-your-own-risk changes. Having to do that can be offputting for newcomers, coming across as intimidating or unnecessarily complicated.
A newer kernel does not automatically offer more performance. In fact it could be the opposite if it includes workarounds for Intel's latest CPU security fuck-ups.