YungOdo 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2008 Okay i recently bought a godaddy hosting account. Now my question is whats the difference between the Linux OS hosting, and the Windows OS hosting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karlosvalencia 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2008 Okay i recently bought a godaddy hosting account. Now my question is whats the difference between the Linux OS hosting, and the Windows OS hosting?Kind of self explanatory. On the 1st one the server runs on a Linux OS and a webserver like apache while on the other one will run on windows-based technology like Advanced server 2003 or something like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolcat50 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2008 Yeah, the software used for the server and the actualy OS are different. Also, different features could be present on each. Linux is a more secure OS for servers and probably includes PHP hosting. Windows is a little less secure, but ASP hosting could be offered. I would look at the packages for each OS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rvalkass 5 Report post Posted January 5, 2008 Aside from the obvious (Linux hosting runs a Linux-based OS (often Debian), while a Windows host usually runs a Windows Server version), there are differences in the features you get too. Both should offer PHP, MySQL and all that stuff, and you will usually find they both run Apache as their web server. However, if you want to use ASP, you will need to go for Windows hosting. There are Linux 'ports' of it that claim to work, but as far as I know they are not really that good at the moment.The advantage of a Linux server is that you get better security and reliability compared to a Windows server. You will also find a lot more of the advanced features on Linux hosting, that aren't available on Windows hosting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zamaliphe 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2008 (edited) The advantage of a Linux server is that you get better security and reliability compared to a Windows server. You will also find a lot more of the advanced features on Linux hosting, that aren't available on Windows hosting.in my openin if you wold like to know moor about linux tray to use linux osit is not that hard just download 700 mb cd and bearn it then boot the live cdthen you can see the live of linux worldif you like to go for linux hosting make sure it dos offer shell accessthat is the power of linux on the shell command lineyou can zip unzip chang permissons of files folders and so on Edited January 5, 2008 by zamaliphe (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
techclave 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2008 Windows hosting means that your hosting server is run on Windows platform like windows 2003, xp etcif it is Linux hosting then it runs on any of the linux platforms.the web hosting provided my Xisto is linux hosting.linux hosting has many advantages over windows hosting. technologies like jsp wont work in windows platform. but, almost most of the technologies or languages supported by windows is also supported by linux hosting servers. moreover, linux is much more safer and down time is less. people go in for windows platform because of ease of maintaining and configuring the servers. it gives a more user frindly environment. but windows hosting very costly compared to linux hosting. i would personally recomend you linux hosting. good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tricky77puzzle 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2008 I would get Linux hosting myself, since it's reliable and things like MySQL are offered, and also because I don't really need ASP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mweber 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2008 Hi,The difference really between Linux and Windows is....1. Linux you are not giving the man a ridiculouse power over not only home computers but corporate computers as well2. Linux is made by the people for the people so as such will tend to be on the bleeding edge a little more..3. Linux is much more secure than windows...4. I just dont like windows5. Come on now have you seen the videos on youtube of the microsoft VPLol to be honest guys microsofts wings should be clipped....and if in doubt the french have the right idea as there goverment has just switched all major computer systems to a form of SUSE Linux Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miladinoski 1 Report post Posted September 21, 2008 Eh, I think you should choose a Linux based server because they are more reliable, secure and offer more features than a Windows hosting - and for some reason, even though it's better than the Windows one, it's a lot cheaper in most cases. You should go with Windows hosting if you have ASP.net coding skills or want a more user-friendly enviroment, but I don't recommend you do so...Oh, and if you aren't sure about with which hoster you should start, (except Xisto ) you should definitively try Dreamhost - because their offer is amazing! I don't have the money to buy hosting ('cause I'm too young) but when I turn 18 I would definitively buy a hosting from those guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluedragon 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2008 correction miladinoski .. I dont think you are totally correct .. i mean there are ways for ASP.net to work on Linux.. I think so .. And Linux is more stable than Windows.. thats why its generally there on 90 % of the servers. Also the hardware requirement in case of Linux pc is less than that in Windows based PCs. Since server is only a piece of software that runs on the OS.. The stability of the OS decides the stability of the OS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
