Linux is an Operating System, which isn't that commonly used for desktop machines, but is amongst the most frequently used OSs for servers. It's free of charge, so you shall not have to pay any license charges as part of your web hosting payments. Linux is furthermore regarded as being the most reliable Operating System available and because of the permissions which files have along with the file types that can be run, virus files that may infect a standard personal computer will simply not be executed on a Linux-based hosting server. Moreover, the OS is totally free, so it can easily be customized without any limits, in order to satisfy the needs of the website hosting provider and their customers. This also implies that unwanted software packages can easily be removed to make the Operating system lighter and quicker, that can directly contribute to a lot better hosting server performance. A lot of Linux machines have the Apache web server installed on them, since this application is also 100 % free, quick and secure. It's the most commonly used web server around and is a part of the LAMP bundle that numerous script applications, such as Joomla™ and WordPress, require. LAMP is an abbreviation for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP.

Stable Linux with Apache in Cloud Hosting

All the web servers which are a part of our innovative cloud website hosting platform run Linux in order to ensure their fast and secure functioning, which will subsequently contribute to much better overall website functionality. That's valid for each and every website that you host in a cloud hosting account with us. Every part of the website hosting service (emails, databases, files) shall be taken care of by its own cluster of machines, so only 1 type of processes shall run on a certain web server, which will contribute to the amazing loading speed of your sites even more. You may use HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl and almost any other web development language for your Internet sites, as they all can run on a Linux web server. We use the Apache web server, because our experience over time indicates that this is probably the best software of its kind.

Stable Linux with Apache in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are created on a cutting-edge custom platform. A separate group of servers looks after each individual service - databases, e-mail messages, files, and so on., and because we highly treasure the benefits of a customizable, protected and reliable OS, all of the web servers that comprise the groups run Linux. The Operating system allows us to make the needed improvements, not to mention the raised speed, due to the fact only 1 type of process runs on the web server, as opposed to the traditional website hosting platform offered by most companies in which everything runs on one hosting server. Furthermore, we use the Apache web server also. We have examined its capabilities through the years, so we have confirmed that it can give us as a provider and you as a customer the required speed and versatility for the absolute best site performance.