the claim that:

"Ubuntu's new minimum requirement lands in an interesting spot when compared against Windows 11. Microsoft's operating system requires just 4GB RAM, although real-world usage often tells a different story. Usually, 8GB is considered the sweet spot to handle modern apps and multitasking.

That said, Ubuntu's new 6GB baseline narrows the historical gap where the Linux distro had the upper hand for running on low-spec hardware that Windows couldn't handle. It sits right in between—higher than Windows 11's minimum, but closer to modern workload expectations.

Notably, Canonical isn't making 6GB memory a hard requirement for Ubuntu 26.04. It will still install on machines that fall below the minimum requirement, but users will have to deal with slower performance."

has been proven false.