We also get paid by Microsoft and IBM coincidentally.

Microsoft and IBM both donate to the Linux Foundation itself. They are both platinum members who regularly give them funds for all kinds of projects. This is really idiotic gotcha attempt.

Debian with LXQT only requires 512MB of RAM, though they recommend 2GB, which your table shows. My Linux machine has 8GB though. I’m not sure how it would run in practice. It’s probably just fine for light usage. My system never even comes close to using 8GB but it’s mostly just a media server.

Incompetent managers constantly changing requirements make that very possible