Make your own mini ubuntu server

# https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD
sudo apt-get install build-essential vim
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
sudo ./media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.run
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/swap bs=1M count=2000
sudo mkswap /mnt/swap
sudo swapon /mnt/swap
sudo vim /etc/fstab
# /mnt/swap none swap sw 0 0
sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf
# vm.swappiness=10
sudo apt-get install localepurge
sudo localepurge