RAM/resource usage has been steadily decreasing for Plasma for a while, and has ...

zamalek on May 9, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: There’s no place for expensive laptops with 8GB of...

RAM/resource usage has been steadily decreasing for Plasma for a while, and has basically reached XFCE levels, so I suspect your information may be out of date. On my system it's currently using 250MB. Xubuntu is a great DE recommendation, though.