What's Great About Linux Hosting?

Among all the programming language used to build a website, Linux is the one most widely usedThere must be a reason that Linux is the most popular and let is find out why.

First of all, the Linux operating system brings many good things to the webmaster beginning with its availabilityLinux is easily obtainable because it is an open source programming that has languages such as PHP, Perl and PythonAn open source also means that it is cheaper than other platformsAlthough being affordable, it is powerful because it supports a wide range of applications, scripts and special tools like Mod Rewrite and .htaccess file.

A lot of people have experienced in the past crashes on their computers, losing customer contacts, valuable data and files, caused by a hard drive crashIf you've had this misfortune in the past, you already know how important it can be to keep your information safeWell, Windows based hosting is better for hosting files you created using Windows based technologyFor example, if you created a web site in html using Windows FrontPage, or used ASP or the .NET environment, or any other Windows program to create you site, than you should choose Windows based hostingIf you did not use Windows technology, then Linux based hosting may be a good option.

For those pinching pennies (and who isn't these days?), a Linux-based PC may be the best of all worldsUsing Linux, one can resurrect a thought-to-be-obsolete desktop or laptop with an up to date, safe, and easy to use operating systemOne example - our office currently houses six PC's being used for various tasks by our staff, all running LinuxThey are all Dell GX150 PC's with Pentium 3 CPU's running at 933Mhz, with 256MB of ram and 20GB hard drive space each, as well as one "server" - a 2.4Ghz Compaq with 512MB of ram and two 500GB hard drives (running Linux, of course, and this is our NAS, print server, firewall/router, and more)Our entire network cost about $800That's less than a lot of new workstation PC's.