Linux hosting is a web hosting that is hosted on a Linux-based server. It is alternative to Windows based server.

Linux is an open source operation system, and its code is publicly available. And experts from all over the world always share ideas to improve it. Unlike windows, it is more complicated but experts says that Linux is much more reliable and less likely to ‘crash’. This makes it ideal to run a website.

Linux also makes use of several technologies like.

PHP

PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a scripting language used to create dynamic websites. PHP is a server-side language, meaning the program runs on the server rather than the computer being used to view the page.

MySQL

MySQL is an open source database software based on the SQL vocabulary which can be employed in combination with most server-side languages, which is most commonly employed with PHP.

Python

Python is a programming language, which are quite sophisticated but very easy to understand than other programming  languages. It uses common English words were other languages simply use symbols.

XML

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a more flexible method of organizing the information that makes up a website. It is a generic format intended for maximum flexibility to provide information in a wide variety of structural formats.

Quick Tip: Linux hosting are always cheaper than windows hosting.