The choice of Linux or Windows hosting is not determined by your operating system. In other words, you can run a Windows-hosted site on a Mac or Linux system just as easily as you can on a PC with Windows installed. Even if you are more familiar with Windows than you are with other operating system, this doesn’t matter either.
Protecting your sensitive data from the POODLE vulnerability
Note that Astral Internet customers can rest easy when it comes to the latest SSL vulnerability: our customers will be happy to learn that they are already protected from POODLE, as all of our shared cloud hosting clients (and clients with service included) are patched to protect against the POODLE security flaw.