What is the real differences with a Linux hosting package versus a MS hosting package?

Question

What is the real differences with a Linux hosting package versus a MS hosting package????

Answer 1

Linux hosting is the standard. Majority of website are hosted on linux servers. It's a lot better than Windows hosting.



The only reason to use Windows hosting would be if you wrote your site in asp.



Linux hosting is the default. If it doesn't say which operating system is used, it's linux.



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Answer 2

All websites today currently run on either a Windows web server or a Linux-based server. The vast majority of websites run on a Linux-based platform as Linux has a strong reputation for security and web server performance. With standard (static) HTML-based websites, the web hosting platform doesn't make much difference. When it does make a difference, however, is when the website uses a dynamic scripting technology such as ASP (A Microsoft based technology), or PHP / PERL (Linux based technologies). A Windows-based hosting solution will run a Microsoft Windows server with IIS (Internet Information Server), and is necessary to run an ASP / ASP.NET scripted website. A Linux-based platform is typically used for PHP, Perl, and most other types of websites. Basically, unless your website uses ASP (pages ending in the .asp extention), Windows hosting is not neccessary.



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Answer 3

Linux is Unix based and much more standard and there is a lot more apps out there, plus a lot of help. (for html, php)



MS is Microsoft Windows server stuff and if you are not very familiar with it, then you are probably better off with the Linux. (for asp, xml, html)



What you are intending to do with the site long term plus your knowledge base determines what platform you should choose. If your knowledge is Windows server specific already, then MS may be better for you.



But there are a lot more people who are able to help with Linux.



For me personally, linux is always best for web hosting. If you are developing anything Microsoft wise, then MS hosting may be your only choice.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Linux is probably more common, and sometimes cheaper.



Some apps are available only on one or the other (so if you need a particular app choose on that basis). Probably there are more hosting apps on Linux.



Here is an article about it:

http://www.hits4me.com/howto_articles_linux_or_windows_hosting.php

Answer 6

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