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April 10, 2008

Disadvantages of Linux Hosting

The biggest knock on Linux web hosting has been its inability to embrace applications created by Windows. This includes components such as ASP scripting, modules and files extensions as they were specifically designed to function with Microsoft products. These issues of compatibility can cause a website scripted for a Windows platform to be totally dysfunctional when attempting to transfer the website to Linux hosting. 

Windows-based hosting is generally a bit easier to use for beginners. The platform comes with an exceptional support team and self help documentation that is quite simple to translate. Aside from that Windows hosting welcomes the additions of ASP scripts and the capable Microsoft SQL database. These components alone make Windows a very capable competitor to Linux hosting. 

Another disadvantage of Linux web hosting comes with the complexity of its interface. At first glance, managing the website can often be confusing for the amateur webmaster. Users of dedicated Linux hosting have to sift through extensive documents to train themselves on how to handle certain administrative issues. On the other hand, Linux is increasingly making provisions to their administrative consoles by implementing web applications that make these functions much easier to control.

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