That hardware is very powerful, so Linux Mint (maybe Debian Edition) will do the trick.

I prefer something that has the same functional layout as Windows, but is as lightweight and minimal as possible (a Windows XP-like Start Menu is fine, I just need something that is configurable enough and doesn’t blow up my laptop).

Web browsing, writing, playing Minecraft, and maybe some more things.

I did do some research, and there is a YouTube channel called “Old PC Gunk and Stuff”, that tried out a laptop (that has very similar specs to mine (same model, too), but mine has twice the storage and RAM), with multiple Linux Distros and Windows 11 LTSC.

Apparently, Mokha (Bodhi uses it and he tested it out, altho Chromium outperforms Firefox) and IceWM (AntiX uses it, and AntiX uses Firefox and yet outperformed all other than Mokha by twice the performance).

One downside though is that both Mokha and IceWM are X11-bases, albeit I’m not aware of how bad that is, security-wise.

I speak the following languages:

• Mixed English (mostly American-style, but I use certain words from other dialects)
• US English (likely the most intelligible accent of it)
• UK English (still working on it, but it’s quite accurate)
• Misc English (multiple accents and vocabulary ranges)
• European Portuguese (my native language, news anchor accent)
• South Alentejo Portuguese (very specific accent)
• Brazilian Portuguese (emulated accent, 80% accurate)
• Spanish (European, still work in progress)