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chopper's picture
Submitted by chopper on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 16:02.

I'm in the process of setting up a test domain name and hosting. Both GoDaddy and 1and1 have Linux and Microsoft hosting. Does it matter what type of server hosts your site? What differences are there for the web site developer?

Thanks!

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I would go with the Linux

Jeremy Palmer's picture
Submitted by Jeremy Palmer on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 16:14.

I would go with the Linux option. Linux is more stable and less vulnerable to security attacks than Windows.

not quite your opinion here

webclay's picture
Submitted by webclay on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 16:30.

A bad linux setup is as even as vulnerable as windows if not more. Beside that I would also suggest a linux setup because of plenty of advantages like .htaccess and mod_rewrite support (apache webserver). I read currently a lot of negative complaints about godaddy and personally I can really admire hostgator. Just ordered the baby hosting, paid with paypal and instantly got access to the server :)

Thanks for the quick posts.

chopper's picture
Submitted by chopper on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 17:09.

Thanks for the quick posts. I'll get on it.

chopper

linux no doubt

ossie's picture
Submitted by ossie on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 19:05.

being a windows developer myself I admit that linux is probably the best way to go. The free resources and utilities for websites is astronomical

Linux +1

kuproverto's picture
Submitted by kuproverto on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 19:07.

Linux +1

Linux!

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Submitted by danlifeisfun on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 19:50.

Linux!

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