Linux based VS Windows based

[pottas]

What is the differences between Linux based server and Windows based server ? Which is best ?

[prashanthpai]

IIS has more security flaws. Linux servers are more secure & consume less resources but some of them aren't user-friendly.
But personally, I've used server 2003 & i like IIS.

OS doesn't matter, it's the web server that matters.
here's a report that says it all - Apache is the most used webserver & IIS is in second place.
http://survey.netcraft.com/Reports/200806/

[Raymond]

If you're talking about webserver, I'd definitely prefer Apache. Windows FTP can't support CHMOD and need to ask the webhost to do it all the time. But in Apache, I can easily CHMOD with my FTP client.

[pottas]

What about LAMP ?

[brayden]

here is some info on apache from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Webserver

[Raymond]

I'm using LAMP on my dedicated server. It takes much lesser resources, unlike the slightly bloated cpanel which eats up quite a lot of memory....

[Polkadot]

Apache will run on Windows, but was designed for Linux, and runs much better on Linux. It's a fine example of Open Source software.