An Operating System is the fundamental software that manages a PC. It handles how the hardware functions, the communication with peripherals such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between all the applications, along with the prioritization of applications when several run at once. Each program which is installed on a laptop or a desktop functions by sending requests to the OS for different services using an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS can be done via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting field, the Operating System is what commands a web server and all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also every other application such as a VOIP or a game server. When there are virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS which runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

If you decide to purchase one of our virtual private server plans, you will be able to pick one of the three Linux releases that we provide for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most preferred and most reliable server OSs available and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you want to install some application with specific requirements with regards to the packages that should be present on the web hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use will depend on the OS that you have picked. 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 have, we can always re-install the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing any security updates which may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

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