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

Friends don’t let friends use Oracle.
B…but it works!
Until the day it doesn’t, I was one of those people excommunicated by Oracle and that is the last I ever heard from them (seriously, I tried to find out why at least)
Yeah, normally. But I will use their generous free tier at their expense.