[mythtv-users] Myth frontend on SteamOS with Suse 13.1 backend

[Gordon McCrae]

All of my MythTV frontend systems (6) currently run OpenSuse 13.1 and 
MythTV 0.27, all working fine.

However, my son now has SteamOS installed on his machine for gaming and 
I would like to run Myth frontend on that OS instead of using a second 
machine or dual-boot into OpenSuse to get MythTV.

Has anyone had experience of installing MythTV on SteamOS, and if so 
could you give me any guidance? Secondly, what about integrating two 
different distributions for backend / frontend; would I be best just to 
compile from source to ensure version match?

I'm completely new to Debian based distributions, so again, any pointers 
on compiling from source etc. would be appreciated for the SteamOS side.

Cheers
Gordon