There are many different types of operating systems on which you can host your web site. Linux, UNIX,Vista and Windows are some of the popular OS. Among these popular are the Windows and the Linux operating system. There are thousands of various reasons for people going for a particular operating system. Both these os have their own benefits,advantages and disadvantages.    The selection of the operating system depends on the type of application that you are going to host. It also depends on the tools that you are using for designing, your application and the features that you intend to provide for your web application. Really it is good to know some of the features that are provided by both these operating system so that you can decide on the good one for your requirement.     One of the main advantages of using the Linux Operating system for hosting is that it can allow the user to directly open a window in the web server and manipulate them. Telnet and SSH are used for this purpose. You can issue commands on command line to manipulate the files on the server directly. Although this can be set up in Windows only a very few offer it.    Accessing the web server is through the FTP programs. These FTP programs allow you to access your files in the server. You can modify them in your hard disk and then upload them again to the web server. There are many FTP programs available in the market for this purpose. Both the Linux and the Windows hosting support these FTP programs.    The pages written for the Windows and the Linux servers can have any extensions like html or htm. The filenames are case sensitive in the Linux operating system whereas you have the flexibility of using Caps and Small letters in the Windows hosting.    All the Windows Servers support FrontPage extensions but only a very few Linux servers have that support. For processing the forms you have CGI and Perl support in both the Windows and Linux servers. Other ways of processing forms using PHP, ASP, and ColdFusion are also available. Support for PHP is mostly found in Linux and ASP in Windows. ColdFusion is found in both the servers.    Popular databases like the mySQL and Access are used in creating dynamic websites with the use of database. mySQL is mostly supported in all the Linux hosting although it is available in Windows hosting. Access database is supported only in the Windows hosting. The other popular database is the Microsoft SQL Server. So when you go for a particular hosting, see what database you need for your web hosting.    For More Details log on to :   http://www.luckycheaphosting.in/