Still gonna use Linux, sorry. There should be a disclaimer, "Does not apply to Open Source projects."
> free web services are not like free software. If your free software project suddenly gets popular, you gain resources: testers, developers and people willing to pitch in. If your free website takes off, you lose resources. Your time is spent firefighting and your money all goes to the nice people at Linode.
It costs something like $60 a month in maintenance fees for 1 VPS. Double that and you are safe from hardware outages.
As a dating site for example, you don't need S3, cloud formation, etc.