Everyone with a Google account is given a 5GB server with Debian 7 installed for completely free.
Say thanks, hit like if it works and helps you, say nothing leave the topic if it doesn’t work! 
ENJOY & HAPPY LEARNING! 
@Aina yes, it works!
Note:
“Your 5GB home directory will persist across sessions, but the VM is ephemeral and will be reset
approximately 20 minutes after your session ends. No system-wide change will persist beyond that.”
It works Chief. Thanks.
It will be great to play around.
Can I install Hadoop in it ?
I am a novice please explain a lil bit how can i make use of it in any kind of work???
It would be great if any of you assist the above questions made by @sana_khan & @Mr.Professor
Inbox each other, help each other, and get it sorted, keeping the topic on track will sounds good besides keeping further discussions. Thanks!
Please tell me too
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So technically Google Colab is better choice then.
U can do basically everything on it which u can do on Linux. It also allows root
Also @Aina 5GB is just persistent storage total storage is 50GB
And Persistent means data will remain on it permanently and not wipe out after each session
Rest 45GB data u stored will be wiped after each session
And each session can last upto 12 to 13 hrs
Also there is some hrs quota per week
I hv been using it for a while now
Google collab and gcp shell both r different with different functions
Both r useful in their own way and both provided by Google for free for usage upto a certain limit
Noob Question
Can I host Python script here that runs daily at the scheduled time?
If No then what is the solution to run the script at a specific time daily for free other than Google cloud Console.
My response can relevant you can’t run scheduled scripts inside Google Cloud shell machine. or Google Colab. so use Github/Gitlab actions to schedule and run your scripts at any time.
it has session limit, one session lasts upto 12 to 13 hrs, and has some quota limit.
You cannot run shell related scripts continuously due to security threat. None host will permit that. ( of course we talk about legal ones)
Debian is
Called “Stable” for a reason
Massive software selection
Wide architecture support
Solid documentation
Huge community
But the problem is GUI is not rich as other Nix distros. So if you are beginner level Linux user Debian is not a good choice to start. You should know commands and usage of terminal. So it’s not newbie friendly.
However, it has a HUGE library file support means super rich app support.
So you should consider Google’s this service as a school and improve yourself and do all tests at your shell acc
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