Linux is a well-known Operating System, which is frequently used for web servers, because it provides a range of advantages over other Operating Systems. It's regarded as the most reliable OS available and due to the way it functions, infected files will simply not work. Since Linux is totally free to use, no license fees will be added to the price which you'll have to pay for your website hosting service. That, consequently, enables the provider to personalize the Operating system depending on what they and their customers need, taking away unwanted packages to optimize the OS and the server’s functionality. Linux servers usually come with the Apache web server software, that processes Internet site access requests. Apache is also absolutely free and easy to customize, not to mention that it's very quick and light with regard to the resources it requires. LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) is the software environment which many of the most famous script apps require – WordPress, Moodle, Joomla™, and so forth. The LAMP configuration is the most traditionally used one around the globe, because it is stable and easy to maintain.