Ubuntu now requires more RAM than Windows 11

https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1030615

Ubuntu now requires more RAM than Windows 11 - Lemmy: Bestiverse

Comments [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47648452]

Tbf windows will run like crap on the recommended minimum; Ubuntu is just reflecting the real world requirements, particularly for browsers. Also ubuntu isn’t the only distribution and there are tons of way lower RAM use distributions and software.
In clickbait titles it does

Linux’s advantage is slowly shrinking

Should’ve been: Ubuntu’s advantage is slowly shrinking

Debian + cinnamon or mate. Why bother with Ubuntu at all?