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Kind of. I've been running Xbuntu for four years on a system with 1 gb ram total. Running XFCE, I'm using a little over 500mb of ram at idle. I could probably optimize that. If I switch to i3, I use around somewhere between 300 and 350mb of ram at idle.
Another option: Check out Ubuntu Core if you're shooting for super-tiny and you are willing to use snaps instead of deb packages.. It targets embedded systems, so it is designed to run on 250/500mb of ram depending on which version you pick. I've used it on a Pi before and their website indicates that it works on other architectures. It isn't meant to offer a desktop experience.