Hi,
Can anyone tell me the difference between Linux and Window hosting.
fashionandyou 0 Newbie Poster
pritaeas 2,211 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Moderator Featured Poster
Linux runs Apache as your webserver, where Windows runs Internet Information Server.
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
There are more choices for Linux. Besides Apache, there is Nginx, and other web servers. Many of those also have Windows versions, but not so much because of the "locked down" nature of Windows.
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
As another point, Windows is MUCH more susceptible to virus infections, especially of the web page infection variety. Linux is much more secure in that regard because of how it deals with file system permissions and such, which is why most serious web sites use Linux (usually some variety of Red Hat Enterprise Linux such as RHEL, CentOS, etc) for their web hosting. We used CentOS exclusively at Nokia Mobile Phones (before being taken over by Microsoft) and we NEVER had a problem of that sort, and we were dealing with over 100 million users and billions of connections / pages served each day.
santhoshsocial -7 Light Poster
The highest difference among Windows hosting and Linux hosting are the technologies used by for environments:
Linux Hosting
If you take developed your website by PHP and MySQL and you are not by any Microsoft technologies i.e. ASP.Net, Microsoft SQL server etc. You can think through by Linux hosting
Windows Hosting
If you are by Microsoft technologies i.e. ASP.Net, Microsoft SQL server etc. to develop your website, you take to use Windows hosting platform to meet your essential. In Windows hosting, you can still use PHP and MySQL besides together are platform independent software. But best users choose to go for Linux hosting if they are only by PHP ad MySQL for their websites.
pty 882 Posting Pro
Now you can run SQL Server and .NET on Linux, the remaining differences are user familiarity and price. Linux is free but if you already use and know Windows, Linux might seem complicated. Also, Windows isn't as easy to administrate remotely and trickier to secure.
AccuWeb Hosting -20 Newbie Poster
The majority of web hosting companies provide two types of hosting: Linux hosting and Windows hosting.
In general, Linux hosting refers to shared hosting, which is the most widely used hosting service.
In reality, because of its low cost and versatility, Linux hosting is now used by most websites.
PHP and MySQL are compatible with Linux hosting, allowing you to run software like WordPress, Zen Cart, and phpBB.
On the other hand, Windows hosting runs on Windows servers and includes Windows-specific technologies such as ASP,.NET, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL).
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