Do you use private registration for your website?

[aim_high]

is it worth it for 9.99 a year? also, is there a difference between linux and windows based?

[malahverdian]

Private listing is worth it if you don't want people contacting you, tracking you... also cuts down on the amount of spam (sort of, one way spammers get your address), in my opinion, unless you don't want people to know who you are... its not worth it.

Linux and Windows Hosting really depends on any type of applications that you want to run, (web services, etc)