If you're providing resources for the community which are being well-used, then I suggest sending round some emails to various well known hosting companies or other tech firms asking if they will host you for free in exchange for some sponsorship/advertising. This is pretty common.
Also, if youre just hosting linux images, can you not put them on github, google code or similar?
Also, if youre just hosting linux images, can you not put them on github, google code or similar?