In this video I take you step by step through budling a FOREVER FREE (for everybody) Ubuntu 22.04 VPS.I explain first, how you can sign up to Google Cloud, If you don't have a Google Cloud Account already. How you can set a Project Budget and Alarm so you are notified for example if the Instance starts to use more Network Traffic, than they give you free each month email . It then takes you through creating the Google Cloud Instance, so that it in in the always free tier. I then show you the Linux command line instructions needed to build it. I than show how to change the Google Cloud Firewall to let RDP though it, but on a new port. I then demonstrate accessing it from my Windows PC using the Remote Connection Software using RDP. I explain it can be accessed via RDP using Linux, MacOS, Chromebook, iPhone, iPad , Android phone or tablet, and provide information below covering each. I then explain how a small amount of Desktop Configuration is needed, and what it is. I finish by showing the Google Cloud Cost Explorer, so you can confirm it is always running at zero cost so is still free.

00:00 The Video Purpose 01:19 The Google Cloud Sign-up Process 03:43 Setting a Free Tier Project Budget Alarm 05:58 Creating an Always Free Google Cloud Instance 08:56 The Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop SSH and Build Commands 18:07 Changing the Google Cloud Instances Firewall 20:39 Accessing the Google Cloud Instance via RDP 22:12 Amending the Google Cloud Instances Desktop 24:22 Confirming the Google Cloud Instance is Free 27:45 YouTube End Screen

How to get a Google Account : https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/27441?hl=en and in Youtube Video form : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoX_DXqBbQU&t=138s

Google Cloud Free Details : https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features

The One Command to run the boild script : NB. (please remove the spaces in https that was needed to stop YouTube truncating the line) cd ~ && wget ht tps://cloudtechlinks.com/V44-build-script -O build.sh && sudo chmod +x build.sh && sudo bash build.sh

The 20+ individual commands in the build script (if you would prefer to run them manually) :

========== Commands Start ==========

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade -y sudo apt-get install stacer -y sudo apt-get install xfce4 -y sudo apt-get install firefox -y sudo apt-get install xrdp -y sudo apt-get install gedit -y sudo apt-get install gnome-software -y sudo apt-get install gnome-disk-utility -y sudo apt-get install qdirstat -y sudo apt-get install synaptic -y echo xfce4-session | tee /root/.xsession sudo adduser xrdp ssl-cert

#Now Build the swapfile
cd / sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=1024 status=progress sudo chmod 600 /swapfile sudo mkswap /swapfile sudo swapon /swapfile echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

sudo sed -i 's/max_bpp=32/max_bpp=16/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini

sudo sed -i 's/3389/53579/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini

#(please remove the spaces in https that was needed to stop YouTube truncating the line) wget ht tps://cloudtechlinks.com/V44-Wallpaper -O /usr/share/backgrounds/v44-wallpaper.jpg

sudo passwd root

(password : example paste se7ye8pc5hs0 )

sudo reboot

========== Commands Start =========

Accessing the fully Built Instance via RDP from : --------------_---------------------------------- MacOS : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7TCvLuWlF0 Chromebook : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUraznLMMs Linux : https://opensource.com/article/18/6/linux-remote-desktop IPhone,IPad ,Android Phone or Tablet : https://youtu.be/WWdqzExGu20?t=1274

Now manually :

Pick Wallpaper in settings,desktop,"backgrounds" folder - style "streched" Turn off compositing is Settings, Window Manager Tweaks, Compositor tab, untick "Enable Display Compositing" Turn off Screensaver in Settings, screensaver , screensaver tab Turn off Screen Lock in Settings, screensaver , screen lock tab

Timestamps:

00:00 The Video Purpose 1 00:00 Cloud Tech Introduction 2 00:00 The Google Cloud Sign-up Process 2 00:00 Setting a Free Tier Project Budget Alarm 2 00:00 Creating an Always Free Google Cloud Instance 3 00:00 The Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop SSH and Build Commands 3 00:00 Changing the Google Cloud Instances Firewall 6 00:00 Accessing the Google Cloud Instance via RDP 6 00:00 Amending the Google Cloud Instances Desktop 7 00:00 Confirming the Google Cloud Instance is Free 7 00:00 YouTube End Screen 8

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