I installed Arch Linux to a slow $10.29/year VPS along with GUI without using the installer.

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/45846375

You could have done it for free and easier if you used Oracle Cloud’s free tier and netboot.xyz

netboot.xyz/docs/kb/providers/oci

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | netboot.xyz

Using netboot.xyz on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

I’ve heard Oracle just randomly cancels these accounts.

Can confirm.

I tried to use them for my first Lemmy instance. One day I’m just banned and there is absolutely no way to recover.