Windows or Linux?

#1
TcM

Posted 27 November 2007 - 10:09 PM

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What hosting plan would you buy, or if you had your own server what would you setup for reliable hosting, Linux or Windows?

I know that Linux is stable, but I heard that Windows 2003 (for servers) is not bad.

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Guest_Jordan_*

Posted 28 November 2007 - 04:22 AM

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I always buy Linux and always will. Every 7 days we reboot our Windows 2003 servers at work. It is set on a schedule and if this reboot doesn't happen the server stops functioning correctly around day 8/9. Also, it is much easier to control a Linux server remotely using SSH. Once you are connected via SSH you have full control just as you are there and you can do this from a slow connection such as dial-up just fine. With Windows you would need to VNC or RDP control the desktop to have the same control.

#3
TcM

Posted 28 November 2007 - 08:19 AM

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But don't you think it's harder to manage?

#4
Guest_Jordan_*

Posted 28 November 2007 - 11:25 AM

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Well, that is sort of my point, with SSH and full control of the system it is easier to manage.

#5
TcM

Posted 28 November 2007 - 02:55 PM

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No, I meant the other way round, isn't Linux harder to manage? With all that syntax? while with a vnc it's like the same GUI!

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Guest_Jordan_*

Posted 28 November 2007 - 04:56 PM

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GUI is much slower and if you are like me you prefer to work with the console.

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Posted 28 November 2007 - 05:27 PM

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In my opinion Linux is just as difficult/easy as Windows - and in many situations when it comes to server software, I find it more difficult to configure on Windows than Linux.

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#8
TcM

Posted 29 November 2007 - 03:00 AM

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Sidewinder, I thought it was they way round.. I thought that Windows server, like Windows is very user friendly, ie easier.

#9
v0id

Posted 29 November 2007 - 04:55 AM

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And you mean Linux isn't user friendly? It's as user friendly as Windows is, and probably even more friendly. Of course, it depends on the distro, but there's a lot of really, really user friendly ditros. One of the popular is Ubuntu.

#10
TcM

Posted 29 November 2007 - 06:12 AM

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Lol, Linux freaks me out.. I have tried a lot, and I mean a lot of versions, but I could not understand it.. lol. With that Konsole, scripts, compile and everything :S I could not even understand how the hell to install a program! the most friendly one was Freespire, but it was as buggy as hell.

#11
Josh-A

Posted 12 May 2011 - 03:03 AM

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Linux and Windows, both are efficient hosting platform. Linux seems to be better as it is open source. Therefore a lot of applications are supported and it also involves a user-friendly interface.