I made a snapshot on Terminal.com which lets you try Meteor 1.1 in seconds. Check it out here: https://www.terminal.com/snapshot/be98f98eece7e102bab130b91d...
This boots a CentOS 6 box running Meteor 1.1. It's also running on Terminal so you can snapshot your progress anytime you want (or resize to a bigger machine without rebooting too).