i was also tempted to just go the debian route - but the free Ubuntu Pro subscription for personal use with 12 years of bug/security updates (and ultimately, peace of mind) was what won me over - I hate reinstalling or upgrading my OS so over a decade of not changing anything is really appealing to me.
i've been playing my steam games with Proton so far and it's been solid
mlv-|1 year ago
But I think the bigger issue is that after 2 years you won't be getting newer kernels, just fixes to the one you have.