Windows Hosting Vs Linux Hosting

What is important to understand is that it is not necessary to choose Windows Web hosting if you are using the Operating system of Windows or if you are using Linux operating system, it is not necessary to go with the Linux Hosting. You can easily host Linux at Windows operating sytem and vice verse.  You just need to know how to use the FTP or the Windows Site Software.

• Cost wise, The Linux Operating System comes free of cost or at a very less significant cost. These server applications (such as FTP, Web Server, DNS Server, File Server etc.) also come at a very cheap rate. But, it depends on where you buy it from. There are many sites that provide Windows Hosting also at very cheap prices.
• Keeping the Scripting language in Mind, the preferred ones are either ASP (Active Server Page) or PHP. You may use both the languages on both the platforms but generally ASP is used with Windows.
• The Linux Operating system is said to be more stable than the Windows Operating system and hence if you are hosting at the Linux operating system, there are chances that the Hosting may be all stable. If you want to use a Windows based tool such as Front Page for uploading a web site on to a Linux based web server, make sure that the Front Page extensions are enabled. This is only required if you are uploading using HTTP feature.
• The process of uploading and hosting is almost the same for Windows as well as Linux Hosting. But a web site designed to be hosted on a Linux based web server can be hosted on a Windows web server easily, where as the reverse is not always true.