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Linux web hosting is also referred to as LAMP which
means Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP solutions. This is an ideal hosting
environment for webmasters who use Linux as their primary platform.
Linux is actually an open source platform which can be very powerful and
reliable at the same time. Since it is open source software it gives the
benefit of cheap operability for users. Any Linux based hosting solution
can be considered cheap actually compared to any other platform. Using the
Linux operating system a company can build its own website and host it
too. The biggest advantage of using Linux operating system for any
business sis they can take advantage of all the open source technologies
like PHP, MySQL, Python, and XML.
These are the primary languages that are used for
scripting web pages and they are all cheap because they are open source
and anyone can use it. You do not have to pay for the software and you
might need to pay only for the licensing. These above mentioned open
source software’s cannot be used that easily with any other operating
system because they do not offer the inter operability feature. So if you
talk about budget hosting platforms there are only two of them and they
are UNIX and Linux web hosting. Linux is a slight variation of the UNIX
operating system and it is found easier than the later by most web
masters.
Another benefit of using the Linux operating system for
Linux web hosting is that you can use enormous amount of web space and
several features. The same can be providing for domain name hosting and
sub domains. You get a wide range of features to manage your website and
the control panel offers several possibilities to handle the network,
server end and the website itself.
Linux is also a user friendly operating system and most
of it features can be learned by yourself without having to use tutorials.
When you look for free web hosting deals on the internet you will find
several companies that offer free websites and the most common kind of
hosting you find is LAMP or PHP with Linux web hosting. They offer you
whole set of features and free space that you find it hard to believe. The
companies offering such free services can afford to do that because they
are using Linux platform for hosting. However the security features need
to be enhanced while using Linux as any operating system is vulnerable.
Open source software’s provide minimal security
features and in order to build it up strong one needs to enhance their
security features with external licensed software’s. When the hosting
service is free most of the companies only include basic spam control and
email security whereas the security for the website and databases has to
be taken care of by the customer. Free Linux web hosting is also done on
shared servers so it is better to have added security features.
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