Debian is fine.
Folks like to complain that the packages are too old, but Flatpak makes that not even a thing anymore for most of us.
You know what I like? That I can pull out a laptop I haven't touched in three weeks and there's little that needs updating.
Debian? It's fine. If you like it, you're fine too.
@vkc As someone who has more older laptops than reason, Debian is my preferred linux distro. Arch is nice and well, if you run it daily, but when you start a device only once a few months it is a real pain.