Hi Philly
With respect to your questions, I have answered them below:
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Originally Posted by Philly
I learned that any websites that are made in any operating system can be hosted in the normal hosting packages. So why is there a need to have a Linux Server?
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First of all, let me clear that sites are not built in using an operating system but the site is built in a (using a) programming language which can vary. There are many programming languages available to create sites viz. PHP, HTML, ASP, ASP.NET etc.
The operating system on your local machine does not make a difference to the sites you create on your local machine.
You have an option to choose Linux or Windows hosting plans while choosing a normal hosting plan. It is not possible to host sites created in ASP or ASP.NET on Linux hosting plans as Linux does not support ASP or ASP.NET.
It is not necessary to have a Linux server, however, customers choose Linux servers due to the several benefits it has over Windows servers.
For detailed information, you can check the link given below:
Linux vs Windows
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Originally Posted by Philly
What can we get from having a Linux Server that is not available from the regular servers?
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There is no such term as "Regular Servers". Every server has an operating system and the server with Linux operating system is called as Linux server and server with Windows operating system is called as Windows server.
Linux server is preferred due to the advantages offered by Linux operating system which can be read on the above link.
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Originally Posted by Philly
Anyway, what platform does the regular servers run onto?
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Most of the users prefer Linux operating system for the servers and if by the term "Regular Servers" you mean the servers mostly used then the answer is "Linux".
Please feel free to post if you have any further questions.