Ask HN: How to build Android when you don't have 16GB of RAM/swap?

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Get more RAM and swap.
A 16 GB Linode instance with 8 cores is $.25/hr.

You can install whatever OS you want, and use it to build whatever you need. A full 24 hr usage would cost you just $6.

If you do sign up, here is my affiliate link: http://www.linode.com/?r=a17c3e6ca0d2c34f8db9cb4d59a0733e888...

See also:

Running a Custom Linux Distribution on a Linode: https://www.linode.com/docs/tools-reference/custom-kernels-d...

and

https://blog.linode.com/2015/06/16/linode-turns-12-heres-som...

KVM Linodes are, by default, paravirtualized, supporting the Virtio disk and network drivers. However, we also now support fully virtualized guests – which means you can run alternative operating systems like FreeBSD, BSD, Plan 9, or even Windows – using emulated hardware (PIIX IDE and e1000).

This is cool! Now, doesn't transporting the built images through network cost you anything extra? I guess this is the case with AWS instances.