At least in the past wars happened to create something good like novels (For Whom the Bell Tolls).
Now it's just sh1t on top of nonsense.
Ther are no ideology contrasts and no that strategic territories are involved, it looks just an arm industry parade.
If the disk is not encrypted you can go wubi, it's a windows app that will install Ubuntu in a virtual disk.
You can use it forever without touching windows and also upgrade it with newer Ubuntu version:
Check under assets here
https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/releases
Infinality used to fix that aspect but the project died.
Did you try deepin Linux distro?
If I remember correctly it could handle fonts better than all other distros
Kubuntu + adguard DNS and you're done.
Good looking desktop which is fun to configure for a kid.
Dolphin file manager can show the terminal in a tab, which is good to learn.
Nothing compares.
Thorium?