If you were to look at many of the hosting reviews, you would find that a vast majority of them are giving Linux very high marks for its security, price, and just the shear usability that it displays.

Since it is Open Source software, you are able to upgrade the security patches whenever you think you need to. The other platforms that you have to pay for are not as forgiving. That gives many people a very good feeling about using Linux hosting  for their most critical web pages. Not only that but you would not need to pay a licensing fee whenever you needed to change something internally.

It is very user friendly. That is something that must be stated in no uncertain terms as this is what you need when you are updating your web sites quite frequently; you need to be able to do that quickly so you can move on.

Moreover, the best of all is the price. That is one of things that does help all of us when it is time to look for the best hosting platform around: Free!