Gnome (Basic) has the Lowest Foot Print
Gnome dedktop tskes little over 5GB on /root partition but I give minimum of 25GB when installing so that I have leeway whem installing additional applications. However, it takes (not timed) a lomg time to install. Why I do not know why but most likely configurations takes extra time and its PYTHON installer is as long as the Anaconda of Redhat. It is file by file installation and file by file configuration. Files are abour 1500 with fallback or flashback Gnome.l This is about Debin Forky. I am goimg to count the Trixie GNOME in a little while. It is 6GB one GB higer than Forky. This is because of l its well organized file system and libraries. Even CachyOS takes about 7GB. Endeavor OS is about, 6GB. Reborn OS takes bit above CachyOS. BlueStar which is KDE takes the most but it is packed with utilities. KDE distribution is heavy by default. SuSe Linux and Redhat padded with commercial utilities consume the most GB capacity. They do not fit in in a 4...