Free Instant Virtual Private Server (there's a catch)

You only get it for 35 minutes. After that it's gone, or you can pay to keep it up.

When would I use this?

Among other reasons, perhaps:
*You need another computer to test something quickly.
*You need to install and use a utility for one thing, and don’t want to clutter your own environment.
*You need a vanilla environment to get something to build and run properly.
*You need linux but accidentally used windows.

Why shouldn’t I just spin up an ec2/rackspace/linode instance?
*They all make it slower and more difficult than it should be.

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