If you are unfamiliar with Linux hosting, you may be concerned that you won’t have the same functionality as you would with another kind of hosting. Linux has the same reliability and offers many of the same functions that you expect from hosting.
With Linux hosting you can still do the things you are already familiar with. Whether you need e-mail or e-commerce, Linux has a solution. You can build content rich websites and blogs with all of the same functions. You can also use content management systems such as Joomla and Drupal, just to name a couple. You can even still manage your website in a way that you are used to, such as through an FTP client or with a graphic control panel such as cPanel. For the more technically minded, you can use Ruby on Rails or Ajax.
Most companies that offer web hosting will have Linux packages for you to choose from. Linux is a stable, reliable operating system that has many options available to you.