[Author/poster here] I ran up the last Ubuntu-based version in a VM and I was surprised to note that it took about the same RAM at idle... But that was running

[Author/poster here] I ran up the last Ubuntu-based version in a VM and I was surprised to note that it took about the same RAM at idle... But that was running from the ISO, not installed, so it is maybe an unfair comparison. It is a smaller download and I think it would be a smaller install.