Comments on: what’s the difference between Hosting my site on a linux server or windows server?

By: akshat86

akshat86 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:51:19 +0000

not much difference.. and no a linux server has no side effect on hosting..

By: Razor's edge

Razor's edge — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:51:19 +0000

honestly it should work either way, unless you have some really shifty software with which you made the site

By: Colinc

Colinc — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:51:19 +0000

Linux servers are often faster and more reliable. The majority of internet servers are running Apache, regardless of OS, and this was primarily developed for Unix based systems.

By: Aries yog

Aries yog — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:51:19 +0000

here is best answer please read this link
http://www.diadem.co.in/hosting/linuxvswindows.php

By: rasalhague_ophiuchus

rasalhague_ophiuchus — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:51:19 +0000

It depends on what programming language you’re using.

Usually Windows Hosting has IIS as middleware, Linux Apache. Both can run for instance PHP, but if you use PHP always buy Linux hosting. It’s cheaper and you won’t have to call on the hosting provider as much to fix rights problems. For HTML/CSS it’s all no problem.

By: LAMPP

LAMPP — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:51:19 +0000

They had said it all man… Linux is the word… for mission critical servers…

By: Travel Bug

Travel Bug — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:51:18 +0000

Linux server is typically more stable and cost cheaper.
It come with more features.

Typically people choose Windows server when they need to run on script that can only support natively by Windows server, eg asp, aspx.

If you are hosting normal html page, go for Linux.
Linux also support the widely used script called php.

Here is an article abut some basic knowledge about choosing a Hosting company
http://www.marketingtreasurehunt.com/blog/internet-marketing-articles/2007/basic-knowledge-about-choosing-a-hosting-company.html