Linux VPS hosting

Today Linux hosting is the most popular in the world. This term implies that the provider has software installed on its servers on the Linux (Unix) platform. Almost all providers in the world offer Linux VPS hosting.

It's no secret that today's Windows operating systems Server and Linux are the two most popular hosting platforms used for shared hosting servers. And technically, the terms Windows - or Linux -hosting refer to what kind of system is installed on the hosting provider's server.

Best VPS hosting on Linux

There is an erroneous assumption that Windows users will not be able to access a site that is hosted on Linux web hosting and vice versa. In reality, the user's operating system has no effect on this. Technologies and protocols developed for communication between a user and a site on the Internet have long been unified and work equally well for any operating system and any hosting platform.

An analogy can be cited as an example: it's the same as making a call from an iPhone smartphone to an Android smartphone. Manufacturers and gadget platforms are different, but the call will be made without problems. Historically Linux belongs to the UNIX family of operating systems and is a free platform like most of them. It was this factor that ensured the wide distribution of this type of hosting among hosting providers. Providers do not need to pay for a license to use the operating system.

Linux hosting services

Unlike Linux Windows Server is a paid operating system, which makes the tariff plans of such hosting more expensive. A hosting provider to provide Windows hosting services must purchase a license from Microsoft and enter into a special SPLA agreement (Services Provider License Agreement), according to which providers deduct the appropriate fee for its use.

Thus, the presence of an SPLA agreement is a guarantee that the system on such hosting will be regularly updated, the site will be protected from viruses as much as possible and will work on a licensed version of the software. At the same time use VPS hosting on Linux hosting is much cheaper. At the same time, the quality of service hosting is not lost.

Using Linux VPS hosting allows you to create the following website components and store them in Switzerland:

• shopping cart;
• interactive forms for submitting data;
• filters for comparing products according to a variety of criteria;
• online communication with other users of the site (chat);
• forums as platforms for the exchange of opinions.

All this becomes possible thanks to modern software solutions installed on the server of the hosting provider.

But the appearance and design of the site practically does not depend on the platform used. The difference is only in the technologies used for data processing on the server side.