If people really use computers with less than a gigabyte of RAM and a CPU slower than a single gigahertz, they will surely not be happy with a modern Linux distro either.
I am surprised that Windows 10 would have so low minimum requirements!
I am surprised that Windows 10 would have so low minimum requirements!
Depends on what modern Linux distro you're talking about. In fact, probably any can run with much less. It all depends on how they're configured.
I'm running Archlinux on a Raspberry Pi Zero. It's using 38.9M of its RAM right now.
There's also the Puppy Linux family and FatDog & friends which (by default) run from RAM but still provide persistence.
LXLE is another good distro for slightly better machines (ie >=1.5 ghz, >2gb RAM).
Of course the requirements of something like Alpine are a lot lower, but it's kinda hard to describe that as a general-purpose distro.
Win 10 was pared down for phone use, and the energy tweaks were welcome.