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Any computer that can run windows 11 can run any Linux DE without issue - you don't necessarily need a lightweight distro.
For that type of machine, I'd probably go with a reasonably up-to-date distro with either KDE Plasma or Gnome.
Nobara might actually be a good choice - it's Fedora but tweaked for gaming and media creation.
By my understanding is that win 11s is a watered down walled version of win 11 for weaker machines- and that the sibling laptop has chromos, which is also a perposely limitating os also for running on weaker machines, so I assumed the thing isn't so powerfull. Though regardless of machine power, I like my programs and UI minimal and simple (win95 boxes my belovid) I don't like bloat or unessersary extra fancy rendering. (Idk about internal processes in terms of bulk/lightness though) i guess it is Linux and I can change the UI to anything if I beat it hard enough(?). Plasma does look appealing with the touch pen support it says.