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Different types of operating systems and versions available as web hosting server.Following are most common web hosting platforms and their various features:

• Linux:- The Linux Server OS has become a highly popular operating system due to its free cost, open source. The Linux environment provides stronger reliability, stability, and performance than Windows. Web hosting costs are low because there is no cost to purchase the platform. Support is high for the free and open source technologies such as PHP and MySQL. The internet provides a large amount of support due to the increasing support of the Linux operating system.There are different flavours of linux like red-hat, cent os, suse, gentoo etc.

• Windows:- At present there are different versions of windows are available in market. Windows server software, however, can be expensive which lead to higher web hosting costs.Developed by microsoft corporation. Able to access windows GUI through remote desktop connector.Other disadvantages include inability to move applications to other platforms, and high vulnerability to hackers and security flaws.

• SunSolaris:- Sunsolar is based on UNIX and developed by sun microsystems. Solaris 10 is a latest version of sunsolaris operating system.

• FreeBSD: FreeBSD is an Unix-like operating system that is free of cost and has descended from AT&T Unix. FreeBSD runs on processors compatible with the Intel x86 family and various others. It is highly regarded as a reliable and robust operating system with a long uptime. FreeBSD offers binary compatibility with other Unix-like platforms (e.g., Linux) and free BSD dedicated server hosting.

• Mac OSX: Mac OSX is developed and sold by Apple Computer and is the successor to the original Mac OS. Unlike the original, Mac OSX is a multi-user, pre-emptively multi-tasking, Unix-like operating system. Mac OSX includes its own software development tools and is often compatible with many BSD and Linux doftware packages as long as they have been compiled for the platform. Mac OSX is bundled with hardware but can also be sold separately depending on your needs.

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