Linux Servers: Do You Understand the Difference?

First of all, some people are worried that they will notServer Pages), a Microsoft programming/scripting
be able to use Linux hosting because they runlanguage, which allows you to build dynamically
Windows on their PCs. However, what operatingdatabase-driven web pages by connecting to a
system you run on your own PC is irrelevant toMicrosoft database such as SQL Server or Access.
which web hosting environment you can use,Linux does not support ASP nor Microsoft databases,
because the latter is run remotely on a web server,but uses MySQL database instead.If you use
where your website files will be uploaded.Linux andMicrosoft Frontpage to create your website, it
Microsoft Windows are two different operatingdoesn't mean that you have to choose Windows
systems. Windows is a well-known household namehosting. All Linux accounts come free with Frontpage
and does not require much introduction. Linux is aextensions, which allow you to upload your Frontpage
new version of the Unix operating system. Bothwebsite to your web space on a Linux
these operating systems make excellentserver.ScriptsThere are many CGI programs available
environments for web hosting. However, there areon the Internet. The majority of these are Perl
some differences between them.To help you decidescripts and have been developed on Linux / Unix
whether Linux or Windows hosting is better for you,web servers. So they tend to install more smoothly
we look at the following elements:CostLinux is knownand operate more reliably on a Linux server.
as an "open source" operating system. i.e. there is noMoreover, many Perl scripts are downloadable from
licensing fees to pay. Therefore, compared tothe Internet free of charge.To summarise, most
Windows, Linux is very cheap. Starting with Windowsusers find that Linux hosting is easier to use, more
XP, Microsoft has begun enforcing softwarereliable, provides free, open source software and is
activation. This means that a single copy of Windowsmuch cheaper than Windows hosting. So unless you
can only be installed on one computer. With Linux,particularly need to use Windows specific features
once you own a copy, you are free to install it assuch as ASP and an Access database, it is probably a
many times as you wish on any number ofbetter choice to choose Linux over Windows. For
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