An Operating System is the low-level software that controls a computer. It handles the way your hardware behaves, the communication with peripheral devices such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between apps, along with the prioritization of apps if several run at the same time. Every program which is installed on a desktop or a laptop works by sending requests to the OS for different services via an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS is possible through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting world, the OS is what runs a web server and all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application for example a VOIP or a game server. If there are virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS which runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

In case you choose to go for one of our virtual private server plans, you shall be able to select one of the three Linux distributions which we provide for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most widely used and most stable server OSs available on the market and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you want to install some app with particular requirements with regards to the packages that need to be present on the server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you could use will depend on the OS that you have selected. We leave the possibility to change the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an app that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always reinstall the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all of the security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server solutions - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're absolutely free so they won't increase the low price of your new web hosting server, but also because they are outstandingly stable and secure. Each one of them is backed up by a large community of developers, so you'll be able to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you may install on your server in case the app that you would like to work with has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and since we want to provide you with as much versatility as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you choose a server with a given OS, we will change it upon request in case it turns out that you'll need a different one. We could also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as a part of our useful Managed Services upgrade.