@JeremyCherfas I never used Linode; they were also overpriced. $5/mo was killer for me.
Digital Ocean has a pretty nice Web UI that's only getting nicer, and they have a lot of "ready to go" snapshots at this point, I think. Their community docs [digitalocean.com] are pretty good, too.
It's been 4 years since I created my VPS there. It was my first VPS!
If you want to give it a whirl, you can use my referral link [m.do.co] to get a $10 credit. That'll cover the first couple months at the smallest size machine, which is what I've been using.
// @kdfrawg