When choosing between the various web site hosting services one of the choices to be made is whether to use Linux web site hosting or Windows.

The aim of this post is to provide a simple non-technical explanation to help in making that choice.  In fact, for many people it doesn’t actually matter and the standard of service provided by the website hosting company is more important.
 
Firstly a few key factors:
  • The operating system used by your web hosting service is not connected to your PC operating system. The fact that you are familiar with Windows will not be of any help when in using a Windows hosting service. The same applies to Linux users and Linux web site hosting.
  • Linux and the Apache web server power the majority of the web including many major sites.
  • Linux is open source so there are no license fees involved. This means that Linux web site hosting may be cheaper but the difference will not be large.
  • There has been debate about the reliability, security and performance of the two platforms but for practical purposes they can be assumed to be the same.
  • If you are just going to build a standard web site then either Linux web site hosting or Windows will be fine. Your hosting service will likely supply tools to enable you to do this but you will also be able to use third party site builders if you prefer.
  • If you are building a database driven site you need to be careful. If you are going to use the popular WordPress publishing platform it is best to go for Linux web site hosting.
  • Some technologies work more easily on one platform rather than the other and some are platform specific. If you are having a site built for you the developers will advise on the hosting requirements, otherwise your choice depends on what you want to do.Linux Web Site Hosting
Use Windows Web Site Hosting if:
Your web site uses Microsoft  technologies like ASP or .NET or uses Access or SQL Server databases.
 
Your web site uses PHP, Perl, CGI, or MySQL database.
 
Bottom Line
If you need a Microsoft environment then go for Windows. If you don’t (or don’t know) go for Linux web site hosting.
 
 
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