Yes, Xfce is lightweight; which may be seem crude.
If you select Mate or Wayland/Plasma then you would probably enjoy it more visually.
Once installed, you can select a new desktop environment at login. There’s generally a dropdown or menu item that would list all available.
With those other desktop env., you can say goodbye to that 0.7GB, though.
Columbus day? Supposed to watch The Goonies, Gremlins, some Mrs. Doubtfire and little bit of Sorcerer’s Stone.