Linux Hosting - the open source operating system, is it for you?
Evaluate one of most cost effective OS' on the market, Linux hosting and why it's so popular.
Linux hosting is an open operating system; this means the source code is freely available. Volunteers all over the world mainly develop Linux, although the IT industry has starts contributing as well.
Unix and Linux are essentially the same since Linux is actually a Unix derivative. Therefore Linux hosting uses technologies such as CGI, Perl, C++, mySQL and PHP.
Linux hosting runs on widely differing hardware platforms and there are thousands of applications that can run on it.
Advantages of Linux hosting:
- Source code is freely distributed
- Low cost
- No licence fees
- Very stable
- Very flexible
- Compatible with Unix and Microsoft applications
- Suited more to advanced technical users
- Steep learning curve
- Not all hardware is compatible
For it's superior server and network performance, many leading businesses frequently choose Linux server hosting, plus it's free.