Generally speaking, yes. There are certain extensions to PHP one could install on Windows that would provide functions that aren't present on Linux.
Although Apache was originally developed for Unix and Linux based systems it will also run under Windows.
Linux.
If you're using Apache, it may be as simple as turning ServerSignature Off in your Apache configuration file.
The Apache Foundation is most widely known for their Hypertext Transfer Protocol server.
The best server yet for php serving is Apache, as PHP and Apache work closely together. The MySQL community database is a good server for PHP applications, this is why we talk about w/xamp servers, Windows/Linux Apache MySQL PHP servers.
It is a web server running on windows which uses at least 4 components. 1. Windows 2. Apache 3. MySQL 4. PHP If you setup a web server on a Linux system then it would be called a LAMP server.
I can not answer this about the Windows version of Apache but if you use any version of Linux or UNIX it is real easy to set up. I t normally takes about 15 to 30 minutes for a newbie to set up Apache as a web server. There are literally hundreds of articles and videos on the web to help set up Apache. Many of the Linux distros has Apache as a part of their Linux Packages. All of the Linux distros has Apache in their repositories available for download. t depends on whether or not you are fluent in UNIX, most people are not these days since it is more kin to windows DOS than Vista or 7. If you are not and wondering what the world UNIX is then it is not going to be easy to use.
The Apache web server.
Probably Apache
Linux
In my personal opinion, No, a Linux server is the better answer for the web. I would recommend a windows server only when running asp/.net, and with the introduction of mono (an apache module), Linux machines can run .net (although I've never used this, myself, and it is in its infancy). Linux, in general, has much better thread and memory handling than Windows. In a multi-threaded web server, it should serve you better. Remember, that things like this are always a personal preference type of thing, and the debate between Windows and Linux is fierce. My advice would be to look up benchmarking information for Windows web servers and Linux web servers, and see which would suit your needs.
The apache http server