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It comes pre installed, the question should be the other way around: why change the system? And I don't think those two are sufficiently different to justify it unless you want to use the deck mainly as a PC.
Nah, I want to keep using it as a gaming device. I changed the original OS to Bazzite because I absolutely need to flash alternate OSes on everything I can, the voices in my head tell me to. But joking aside, your question remains pertinent: why change the system? I honestly never gave SteamOS a fair shake and I probably should.