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Unix is traditionally
considered the operating system of choice for most professional,
advanced users. This is due mainly to its reputation as a powerful
and versatile, yet very stable OS. |
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Top 3 Unix Web Hosting Companies
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Lunarpages
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Lunarpages
Several different ways of customer support are offered.
Toll Free Support - Call 1-877-LUNARPAGES if you need a
phone support. If you stay outside of US, you can't dial
the toll free number. Luckily they provide another support
line via 1-714-521-8150 (toll call). I have visited there
offices several times and was impressed by the amount of
phone support given in a signal day. |
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Apollo
Hosting
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Apollo
High Speed Servers At Apollo Website Hosting we have
high speed connections and reliable servers at discounted
prices. If you use our online order form we will set
up your account in just 10 minutes! With plans starting
at just $13.96 a month (when paid for 2 years) and
low setup fees there's no reason why you shouldn't choose
Apollo Hosting! |
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Your-Site
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Your-Site
has been providing web hosting services since 1996. Your-Site
is a unique company in that it is not owned by marketing or
business people. Your-Site is owned and operated by experienced
UNIX and network geeks who pride themselves on building
the best network possible and providing the best technical
support possible. |
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Unix Web Hosting Tips
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As for the advantages of running
Unix, there are quite a few. For starters many of the web
applications and scripts available on the internet, both as
freeware and commercially, are intended for the Unix OS. This
includes the many scripts written in languages such as Perl,
C, C++, Java, and PHP.
In addition, Unix itself is an open source operating system.
This means that the source code for the OS itself is freely
available to anyone who wants to add to or improve it. As
a result there have been a massive number of bug fixes, new
features, and additional developments for the OS. Many professional
programmers and designers have always and will always work
only with Unix systems
Those serving in a Unix environment will also have a little
more freedom. With Telnet and SSH Unix clients can do a lot
more themselves, configuration wise, than those running on
other operating systems.
Unix was built with stability and efficiency in mind. The
resulting operating system is able to do a lot more with a
lot less than NT systems with comparable resources. It's not
unheard of to have Unix machines which are several years old,
with only 32 or 64 MB of RAM, running multiple programs with
perfect stability. An NT machine in a similar situation would
be very unstable and run the risk of server crashes on a regular
basis.
On the downside, many new users simply aren't comfortable
with Unix. While those with simple hosting needs could run
their sites on a Unix server without ever learning a single
thing, those users wishing to build advanced sites would need
to learn at least some of the basic Unix program commands.
There are also several types of server applications, mostly
those authored by Microsoft, which cannot be supported by
Unix These include Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) and
Microsoft's SQL database software among others. This may not
be a problem for long, though, as several companies have already
developed software which will allow these applications to
run on Unix systems and other fixes are currently under development
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