Anything popular enough that you can easily google any issues you need to troubleshoot. Beyond that it truly doesn’t matter.

Assuming you’re playing proprietary games, I’m not sure why Steam also being proprietary is a step too far for you.

Anyway if you’re playing games with low enough spec requirements to run on an iGPU, they’ll just run, no extra steps needed. Distro shouldn’t matter either.

If this can dual-boot, that could be really handy.

I bought a Miyoo Mini Plus on sale last year and ended up liking it so much that I wish I’d bought a more expensive model with analog sticks. Meanwhile my Steam Deck gathers dust because it’s just way too bulky, I grew up on a Game Boy Color and want something that fits in my pocket.

The ultimate dream for me would be if/when someone gets SteamOS running on something this size.