Windows or Linux hosting?

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Should you choose a Linux or a Windows hosting plan? What are the disadvantages and advantages of them? In this post we take a look and compare the two.

Many people recognize Linux as the best type of web hosting solution around, because of the added advantages of this solutions, which provide reliability, security, functionality, and affordability all in the one package.

Linux Servers Advantages Linux servers have been known to run for long periods of time without technical difficulties or down time being experienced, which is a considerable achievement since many Microsoft servers need to refresh and reboot their operating systems at regular intervals.

Linux installations have no known vulnerabilities in their security operating system; however, it is still considered a priority of Linux to keep their systems running with the best degree of security around.

Linux also offers its customers the added advantage of cheaper Linux based web hosting solutions. This is largely due to open source distributions; hosts generally pass these savings onto their customers, making Linux solutions extremely affordable.

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[bbalegere]

Being a security expert myself ,I strongly recommend using Linux for hosting.
Windows Operating system is not very stable has to be updated constantly.
There are many flaws in Windows.
Also Linux is cheap when compared to Windows.Free softwares like Zpanel can only be used with Linux.

I hope my post helps you.

 

[ajkendall]

isn't there only more flaws in windows because more people try and find flaws because it's the most commonly used / most popular though?

however, i'd go with linux myself, seem to be able to run more scripts and just seems faster in general imo

 

[bbalegere]

One thing about windows.
The hacker who find a flaw exploits it.
Whereas in Linux when a person finds an exploit he patches it.
Simple.