Windows or Linux ?

It depends on a few things really.

What sort of software will you be using on it?
Do you use ASP OR PHP for example ... or both?

Hi,

Again i come to know that Linux web server is more cheaper than windows. And majority new business are opting Linux to avoid start up additional costs. So i am little bit confused. One thing comes to my mind, whether after choosing Linux as the cheaper, do i loss anything?

If both are giving the same web hosting service, then why there is a major difference in pricing?

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Linux is cheaper and you may use many open source applications on this OS.

Linux will give you better performance, but Windows version is easier to restore in case of disasters.

I prefer Windows as it is more user-friendly to you, but then again Linux is better for some features. I'm not 100% sure on which is better. Maybe somebody else will know!

Is there anything special why people chose "Linux" web hosting mostly for Blogs ?

Since i have ordered 1 blog recently my programmer asked me to get the "Linux" hosting.

Regards
Ronak

Linux doesn't require any software that is not free/open source.
It can if you have specific requirements, but for 95% of sites, blogs, forums etc using PHP, it is the better choice.

PHP is more readily used than .net, and although I believe both can be run on Linux and MS servers, there are still incompatibilities.
Linux for PHP and MS for .net in my opinion.

I know some people may well argue that PHP runs fine on MS servers, but what I see no point in doing this.

Chances are your using a blog built with PHP, and blogs generally have complex code. So running it on an MS server "could" cause issues with non-compatibility.
It's "likely" to be ok, but again, Linux is just better suited and importantly, cheaper and much more free software.

Ofcourse Windows is better...for me - exactly

IIRC Microsoft themselves run Linux servers on their mission-critical Live and Hotmail stuff. This might have changed recently but it was certainly true a year or two ago.

Generally speaking *nix Servers are more reliable, have better uptime and are less susceptible to attack.

Why do people pay to use Windows?

Hard to tell. Snobbery? Reliance on the old adage "you get what you pay for"? I guess computers have always had maxims along the lines of "Nobody ever got fired for recommending IBM". Try telling the Corporate suits that your new server software is free and they will think there's something wrong with it.

Both windows and Linux come in different flavors. Windows has two main lines.There may be too many distributions of Linux, it is possible that this is hurting Linux in the marketplace.IBM is a big Linux backer but does not have their own branded distribution.Both Linux and Windows provide a GUI and a command line interface.Linux is very cheap or free, Windows is expensive.

Linux is an open source system and more cost-effective to operate and maintain than Windows. Linux also has a reputation for stability and speed.
Linux supports a wide range of software, applications, languages, and databases such as PHP, Perl, PostGre, MySQL, PostgreSQL and many others making it very scalable. On the downside, Linux is not fully compatible with some Microsoft technologies so if you are using Access, ASP, MS SQL, or VB development tools then Windows would be a better bet.

Linux is the best but if you going to use Microsoft code then windows. else windows is just windblows

linux is best.i strongly recommend linux ones.

Regards

I would have to go with Linux. It's open source and reliable. Can't really ask for more than that

Linux is popular and cheap. But it depends on the requirement of your scripts.

I don't have much experience with using Linux, but I prefer Windows