Probably Mint
Mint is very similar to Windows both aesthetically and functionally, and is very easy to install and use. (Mint user here.)
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Bazzite. Treat it like a game console.
However, generally speaking, 11 year olds should be made to learn new things in my opinion.
Take them to a playground instead - theyre an 11 year old ffs.
Whose to say they don't? We live in the age of technology, you can't stop the younger generations from wanting to learn it
Except ...... He does not want to learn
Barring a developmental disorder, "serious aversion to learning new things" is something I might expect from a 50-year-old, not an 11-year-old.
If you don't like learning new things, then I guess the #1 question is "what are you familiar with?"
Right now, the easy entry points have been Ubuntu or Mint.
If you have money, I'd suggest a Steam Deck in desktop mode, but those are getting hard to find with the RAMpocalypse.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/671A-4453-E8D2-323C
I'm gonna say one has just tipped over into rule 5 territory. Locking.
...an 11 year old who has a serious aversion to learning new things?
SRSLY?
Troll question?
11 year olds want to learn everything. At least the normal, healthy ones. And they are quick with it.
However, if she does not want to learn things from you, then that is a totally different question. Then I say, let it be for about 25 years...
If you're into gaming... Bazzite
Bazzite with Steam big picture and all the non-game apps loaded?
!linux4noobs@programming.dev
Maybe Mint or Zorin?
Try arch. You don't learn it, you have to fight and conquer it.
(Stick with the known. Mac, windows, linux, whatever, just familliar thing)