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Old 14-11-2007, 19:13
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Which one do you prefer, windows or linux hosting? Which one is more secure? Which one is more stable? What is the difference between the two? Which one is easier to use? If you were to choose between the two which one of them would you choose?

Can some please tell me as much as you can about the two because I don't know much about hosting especially, linux hosting.
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The difference between the hosting is simply which operating system they run on. It's like running a Windows computer and a Mac. You can do the same things on them e.g. Word Processing but the computers work in slightly different ways.

Personally I would choose linux hosting unless I had some specific need for Windows e.g. MSsql. And with eUKhost, both come with a graphical interface making them both pretty easy to use. Personally I like Linux as it seems more stable and less prone to issues but they both have their strong points.
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Folks... just have a look at this beautiful post, I hope you won't be disappointed It'd clear most of the thoughts lingering in your mind :
What should I choose - LINUX or Windows ?
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Linux is the winner in web hosting - hands down on everything! More stable, less problems, more secure, faster, more reliable and ultimately makes your web site hosting run better. In my opinion!
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Also Linux apparently performs faster and it is in open source, however it depends on your need if you're going for .ASP, .NET, MS SQL Server or MS Access based applications obviously you'll choose window hosting.
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Also Linux apparently performs faster and it is in open source, however it depends on your need if you're going for .ASP, .NET, MS SQL Server or MS Access based applications obviously you'll choose window hosting.
Well yes, but hopefully you can find alternatives to them which are available. Having said all this I have never tried a Windows hosting account. It would be interesting to play around with Plesk and a Windows account just to see what it is like - however I highly doubt it will change my opinions on which is the best .
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