====== Mono on Linux VPS to support ASP.NET website ======
I started to work with ASP.Net technology since 2009. I found C# is much better then PHP, although PHP work faster. 

But C# is much better to debug, to use other good technologies like Ajax. And the last thing about ASP.Net -- it allow to create the powerful desktop-like application using website. 

And what VPS is better? Windows or Linux?

Let's try to learn features of both of them.

===== Windows VPS =====
Ok. Windows 2003 server with 768Mb of RAM, 4Gb HDD, and the processor about 1GHz -- is enough for average ASP.Net website. 

The average price of this VPS is about 35$/mo. With any admin panel -- +10-12$. As result we have about 45$/mo for the virtual private server where we can run simple application. 

The main problem of the Windows VPS (I had a bad experience) -- a lot of viruses infect windows VPS and it's impossible to do something without a powerful antivirus (about 20$/mo). As result the price of VPS is grow again. 

The advantages:
  *Native ASP.Net engine in IIS 6+ -- allow to run any software compatible with usual desktop Windows.
  *Remote desktop allow to manage the VPS using habitual environment

The lacks:
  *Windows eat many memory for simple things, so it's very hard to add more services / programs without of growth of the RAM (and this growth will costs about 10-15$ for every 1Gb of RAM)
  *Windows is very wound for a huge quantity of troyan viruses

===== Linux VPS =====
CentOS 5+ or Ubuntu 4+ with 2Gb of RAM, 50Gb HDD, the processor from 1GHZ -- is enough to run an ASP.Net website under the Mono.

The average price of this VPS is about 19$/mo. Free webmin admin panel could be used -- 0$. As result we have about 19$/mo for the virtual private server where we can run ASP.Net application. 

Linux is powerful & reliable operation system where it's possible to run a lot of other things. 

The advantages:
  *A lot of ready-to-use free software made for Linux/UNIX in last 10-20 years
  *Linux have own powerful security tools -- so this system is more reliable then Windows

...

Ok. We'll not compare system, we'll consider installation Mono on CentOS.

  -Take from Mono website or use its SVN
  -Compile
  -Install mod_mono with apache
  -Use