what platform is prefered/better for webservers?

[Soogs]

Hey all, im looking to set up a server really soon and was wondering what flavour people prefer around here when it comes to windows of linux. Ive listed the features of what the provider supplies depending on what you go for;

Windows Features:
MySQL Database(S) 5
PHP My Admin: included
ASP support included
SHTML, and IHTML included
MS Access support included
ODBC support included

Linux Features:
MySQL Database(S) 5
PHP My Admin: included
Python support included
SSH (shell) Access included

are there any major benefits from picking one over the other?

Many thanks in advance.


Soogs~

 

[The_KiD]

Depends what you plan on using the server for, both are good, with Linux being a tad more stable and less vulnerable to OS exploits.

If you plan on working with ASP then you need the Windows server, alternatively if you plan on mostly using PHP I would say go with Linux hosting.

There isnt much in it tbh!