Linux is an Operating System, which is not that widely used for desktop machines, but is one of the most commonly used OSs for servers. It's 100 % free, so you won't need to pay any license costs as part of your hosting payments. Linux is additionally regarded as the most reliable OS nowadays and thanks to the permissions that files have and also the file types that can be run, virus files that may infect an average personal computer will simply not be executed on a Linux-based hosting server. In addition, the Operating System is totally free, so it could be customized without any restrictions, so that it will satisfy the requirements of the hosting company and their clients. This suggests that unneeded software packages can easily be removed to make the Operating system lighter and quicker, which can directly contribute to much better hosting server performance. A lot of Linux machines have the Apache web server installed on them, due to the fact that this software is also absolutely free, fast and reliable. It's the most popular web server out there and is a part of the LAMP bundle that lots of script applications, such as WordPress and Joomla™, require. LAMP is an abbreviation for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP.
Stable Linux with Apache in Hosting
All of the servers which are an element of our progressive cloud web hosting platform run Linux to be able to ensure their fast and reliable operation, which will in turn give you far better overall website performance. This is valid for every website that you host within a hosting account with our company. Each and every part of the web hosting service (e-mails, databases, files) will be taken care of by its own group of machines, so only 1 type of processes shall run on a given machine, which will contribute to the amazing loading speed of your sites even more. You may use HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl and just about any other web development language for your Internet sites, as they all can run on a Linux web server. We also use the Apache web server, considering that our experience throughout the years has shown that it is probably the ideal software of its sort.
Stable Linux with Apache in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you get a semi-dedicated hosting account for your sites, you shall be able to take advantage of a secure and dependable hosting service on our groundbreaking hosting platform. Linux-powered clusters of servers will offer you the system resources and the uptime that you need, because this OS matches our requirements and enables us to customize the software environment as a way to get the most out of the platform, whose design contributes to the speed and security of the service even more, due to the fact that your files, databases, email messages, stats, etcetera., shall have their own group to deal with them. To enhance the functionality of your sites even more, we use the Apache web server, simply because our working experience shows that it is the most suitable one for our customized platform because it's effective, yet light and fast.