https://www.slax.org/ It’s easy, is a full featured desktop, and has persistence on your USB stick.

Guess I’m a low-value client.

I might do so as well to avoid the next decade of shopping around.

I know there are other factors it just feels like the only people getting screwed are the little guys. In Canada the rates that third party ISPs pay and charge are dictated by the giant telcos. Our regulating body even allowed the telcos to raise prices to the point where reselling is no longer viable. Fucking the little guys again.

Docker kinda does it by being like an app store but for servers. It’s not very flexible but everyone using a particular image gets the same experience.

Ubuntu has a bigger market share in the support department. Makes it easier to find advice that applies specifically to your setup.

This is the way. I run stock Debian with LXC, you get what you ask for and that’s it.

I was with Google Domains but switched to Namecheap. They are easy enough to work with and not the most expensive.