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This is mostly a factor of the desktop environment used. The following should help you decide how to proceed:
https://linuxhint.com/lightest-ubuntu-distro/
That 26mb Trisquel Mini minimum ram requirement has got to be a typo. Still, 256 mb (more likely) is still very impressive.
I'm inclined to agree about the typo, but then again, Tiny Core Linux only needs 16MB and comes with a FLTK/FLWM desktop. It's not exactly feature rich, but still a functional desktop.
Edit: the LXDE website seems to suggest at least 256MB as well.