Yes is just a clean machine. Kinda like installing ubuntu on you laptop. Took me a bit to learn back in the day, but I am sure you will get it :)

Personally I prefer nginx, but apache2 is quite easy to set up :)

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-ubuntu-18-04

@sti3bas Agreed. If you can spare the 12$ a month :)

I've heard of that. Seems like a reasonable price if a project is making money to pay that expense. I'll look into it! Thanks!