Can experts please share what are the disadvantages a newbie might face, looking to host his first website, if he chooses to select Linux based Web-hosting rather than the Windows based one. Out of the two, which one would you suggest for a starter having zero knowledge of programming? Regards, RightMan (Oops... This thread would look better in Site & server Administration section....Request moderators to please shift the same)
none, unless of course you are using a dedicated unmanaged server to host stuff. To be honest you shouldn't use even a windows dedicated unmanaged server if you have no idea what you are doing. Things tend to be complicated even there. Anyway for normal shared hosting you will have an administration panel that does all the job for you. Plesk is good for both windows and linux (you don't really care what it is in this case) and Cpanel is for linux. Both easy to use with little knowledge.