Linux is an Operating System, which is not that popular for desktop machines, but is one of the most frequently used OSs for web servers. It is absolutely free, so you won't have to pay any license costs as part of your hosting payments. Linux is additionally regarded as being the most secure Operating System available and thanks to the permissions which files have as well as the file types that can be run, virus files which can easily infect a regular computer shall simply not be executed on a Linux-based hosting server. In addition, the OS is 100 free, quick and reliable. It is the most widely used web server out there and is a part of the LAMP bundle that a lot of script apps, such as WordPress and Joomla™, need. LAMP is an abbreviation for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP.
Stable Linux with Apache in Shared Website Hosting
All of the servers which are an element of our progressive cloud website hosting platform run Linux to be able to guarantee their fast and secure functioning, which will in turn give you superior overall site efficiency. This is valid for any website that you host in a shared website hosting account with us. Every part of the hosting service (e-mail messages, databases, files) shall be managed by its own cluster of web servers, so only one type of processes shall run on a certain hosting server, that will contribute to the amazing loading speed of your websites even more. You can use HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl and any other web development language for your Internet sites, due to the fact that they all can run on a Linux machine. We use the Apache web server, because our experience throughout the years has proven that it is probably the most effective software of its kind.
Stable Linux with Apache in Semi-dedicated Servers
We've chosen to use Linux on our web servers also, since no other OS can match its adaptability and without it, we would not have had the means to build our custom web hosting platform where all semi-dedicated server accounts are set up. The platform includes big groups of machines, each handling a specific part of the website hosting service - databases, emails, files, the Control Panel, and so on. The result of merging this custom setup with Linux is a really stable, risk-free and fast service with virtually no downtime. Furthermore, the web access is managed by Apache, due to the fact that it's exceptionally customizable and supports a whole lot of modules and web programming languages which include PHP, Perl, Python, HTML, etc. Our semi-dedicated server plans will offer you all the speed and security that you want for your Internet sites and we have made a considerable amount of software tweaks to make certain that we'll meet our uptime guarantee.