Question

what the difference is between linux web hosting and windows web hosting. I made my site by dreamweaver , which is better?

Answer

Linux is one of the more popular operating systems on the Web because it is so cheap to install. Windows is also a popular operating system because it has a lot of support. Both Windows and Linux offer FTP access to your files, but only Linux will generally offer telnet or ssh access. FTP is the transfer of files from your hard drive to your Web server while telnet and SSH are the opening of the window directly on the Web server and manipulate files right there, usually using Unix command line commands. Both Windows and Linux servers will serve HTML pages and JavaScript. CGI and Perl access are often found on both Windows and Linux servers, but it is more distinctive on Linux. Many hosting systems offer PHP, ASP, and ColdFusion which gives you a lot of flexibility. PHP is more often found on Linux systems, while ASP is more often found on Windows. ColdFusion can be found on both. If you want to run a powerful Web site, then you’ll need a database. The two most popular are mySQL and Access. mySQL runs on both Linux and Windows, but is more often found on Linux servers while access is only available for Windows. So when choosing a hosting server, find one that has the options you want, rather than worrying about what operating system they are running on the back end.