Hi Mathews,

I found this article that compares Linux deployment vs Windows deployment for ASP.NET Core apps on a specific use case. It's conclusions are as follows:

Windows or Linux? That's down to personal preference. If you are comfortable with writing SSH commands and want cheap web hosting, it has to be Linux.

However, if you are familiar with Windows and it's UI, then that will be the path to go down.

Regardless of which you choose, the performance should be identical.

On the other hand, this article/study suggests that a Linux deployment might be slightly more performant than a Windows deployment.

I hope this can give you a general idea.

Regards,
Francisco

Hi Matthews,

My personal suggestion is that you go with whichever OS you are most knowledgeable in.  There isn't going to be a huge difference in performance for most situations.  Some believe Linux is more secure than Windows OS, but at end of the day if you don't know what you are doing then you may do more harm than good.  Last thing to point out is if you are hosting with cloud provider, Linux instances are usually priced less than Windows instances.  But the cost difference should not be huge.  So I think the key criteria in making this decision is the depth of your knowledge and experience with these OS.  Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Armeen

Have decided to host in Linux cause am familiar with it.

Have tried to follow below step, have chosen Deployment mode as direct and also package the compiled app and manually deploy later.

have copied zip file and extract to location /usr/share/nginx but still i can't run the application.

Where am i going wrong?