Hi geniuses :-)
Not sure you've come to the right list ;)
I have a laptop that I purchased with Windows XP installed on it. I installed Ubuntu on it, and then migrated that to Lubuntu, but there's still Windows on a partition of it's own, and it still boots. I'm thinking about giving this machine to my kid who doesn't need linux, just windows.
I'm surprised (and a little shocked) that no-one has given the correct answer to this:
Your final sentence is incorrect and it should read "I'm thinking about giving this machine to my kid who doesn't need Windows, so which distribution should I install for him that's easy to look after etc. and has features x, y, and z?"
Cheers, Steve