Hosting charge is one of the reason why many of the bloggers stay away from using WordPress cms and use blogger platform from google as the hosting is free of charge. One of the main draw back is flexibility and customisation that blogger platform offer. Because of this many bloggers migrate to self hosted WordPress from blogger platform. When they migrate hosting is the first thing you need to run a self hosted WordPress. When it comes to hosting you will be asked to select Linux or Windows hosting, if WordPress is your choice then Linux hosting is the one