Linux or Ms hosting???

[TRIPXXX]

Which is better Linux or Ms Hosting? I'm about to add another hosting packagem and was just wondering which is better for adult webmastering?

[Lycanthrope]

FreeBSD :P

[directfiesta]

Linux ( or equivalent flavor : Centos, Fedora, etc...).

Windows is more vulnerable an mainly used by people with " special needs "

[TheSenator]

I don't know of any big time adult webmaster using MS...


Linux all the way... I use Redhat

[Odysseus]

Linux
only
;)

[OG LennyT]

LOL at Windows hosting

[Phil LoadedCash]

I had a small web hosting company for 2 years, and never once did I ever consider selling windows. Linux is the best, no doubt, stick with it. A lot of people don't even know what Windows hosting is like, so they won't even try it.

[PHP-CODER-FOR-HIRE]

Windows hosting has its place (like for people who don't have any knowledge of unix and cannot/don't want to afford an administrator to do maintenance and setup).

Linux has a lot of vulnerabilities, so don't believe everything you hear about it being bulletproof and invulnerable. Keep it updated and you shouldn't have any problems though.

My two cents...

[Altheon]

So it's easier to administer than Linux? I was sweating the fact that I might have to administer a Windows web server.

[Masterchief]

Linux is just as unsecure when not managed properly, just as Windows is.

[Big_Red]

So it's easier to administer than Linux? I was sweating the fact that I might have to administer a Windows web server.

windows is a piece of cake to manage. although as said above, it should only be for special needs.

[Bruce_Miller]

Any Unix flavor is our preference, we use FreeBSD on all our servers except our cam server. Geting a hosting company that will manage it for you is also a good option.

[lelahosting]

linux!

have your host manage it or hire a systems admin. if you are not fluent with linux or windows servers you do not want to try to manage it yourself unless it is fine if you get hacked

[ae-sc]

Linux. Either Red Hat, Fedora, or CentOS

[DaddyHalbucks]

Linux all the way --unless you like the high cost, high resource useage, and security challenges of MS.

;)

[rowan]

Stick with 'nix based hosting, especially if you want to run PHP scripts. PHP has a Windows version but there are subtle differences that may break a script.

[Fizzgig]

I've never used Windows hosting or even been tempted to.

[borked]

freebsd here

[BlueWire]

Is this a fucking joke? You did not just ask if a microsoft product was better than linux?

[Ange]

linux I would say

[Ange]

well but php has many security issues

[psili]

Developer January 2007 Percent February 2007 Percent Change
Apache 64312083 60.17 63869543 58.70 -1.47
Microsoft 32898421 30.78 33833566 31.09 0.31
Sun 1749026 1.64 1845584 1.70 0.06
Zeus 551767 0.52 530596 0.49 -0.03

--- edit... sorry...

Apache: 58.70% market
Microsoft: 31.09% market
according to netcraft surveys.

[ae-sc]

well but php has many security issues

if you're not careful

[Fap]

Ive only been on Ms but i never really had problems wiht it

[jixxi]

Linux of course.

[chaze]

Linux is much better.. more secure, faster, more reliable...

In fact windows used a bunch of code from Linux for xp, that's why it was actually decent for windows standards.

[Himuro]

Fedora is the shit

[u-Bob]

FreeBSD.

[GeorgeM]

only LiNuX

[geedub]

definitly FreeBSD if possible, otherwise linux.. sux that everyone uses centos and fedora tho. im a born and raised slackware kid.

[J.P.]

freebsd!