Looking at the recommended hardware specs, I see that it absolutely requires 512MB RAM and recommends at least 2GB, yet it says it has modest hardware requirements. Ubuntu Server has a minimum RAM requirement of 64MB and recommends 256MB; I know an X server takes some memory, but does a reasonable desktop environment have to require 448MB to 1.75GB to run?
Probably memory use is not a high priority, but it still seems like there's a lot of waste.
Probably memory use is not a high priority, but it still seems like there's a lot of waste.