Linux or Windows Hosting - Which Is Right For You?
Deciding which plan-type is right for you is often a difficult decision, but we cover that in more detail for you under Web Hosting. Firstly though you will need to decide which hosting platform to use either Windows-based or Linux-based. While both are very reliable and widely used platforms, each has their own quirks.
Windows hosting is often mistaken as a "must pick" only because the operating system you are running may be Windows. In fact, the majority of all websites on the Internet are hosted on the Linux platform, so most websites you have been visiting are likely to be hosted on Linux servers. This site is also hosted by a Linux platform.
If you have Windows on your machine, you can still manage a website hosted on a Linux server and also browse any website hosted on a Linux server. You only need Windows-based hosting if you need Microsoft-specific applications, such as ASP, ASP.Net, MS SQL Server or MS Access databases.
If you do not need any of these Microsoft-specific applications - or if you don't even know what they are, then the better choice will always be to host your website on a Linux Server. Linux servers host the majority of all websites on the Internet and will provide you with highly reliable hosting services.
If you are absolutely certain that your website requires Microsoft-specific applications, such as ASP, ASP.Net, MS SQL Server or MS Access - then we would suggest you choose a Windows Server.
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