Linux vs Windows Hosting

One thing that looking for a new web host has taught me is the difference between linux web hosting and windows web hosting. I never really understood the difference before despite having been paying for web hosting since the mid 1990s – I always just assumed that windows would be better as that is what my home PC runs on and I am familiar with so whenever I had an option I’d always go with windows hosting.

For one thing Linux being open source often means it is a lot cheaper to maintain and is generally more stable and reliable than windows hosting. Windows hosting has the ability to run certain scripts and programs that linux does not such as Access, ASP, MS SQL.

So if I ever get the choice again I will opt for linux hosting now I think rather than windows. I really should have took 5 minutes to learn that a long time ago!