An Operating System is the basic software that controls a computer. It takes care of how the hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between various applications, and the prioritization of applications when several run at once. Every program that's installed on a computer operates by sending requests to the OS for different services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be done via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting world, the Operating System is what commands a server together with all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition every other application such as a VOIP or a game server. In case there're virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS which is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS

In case you decide to purchase one of our virtual private server plans, you'll be able to select one of the three Linux releases that we provide for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most preferred and most dependable server OSs available and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you would like to install some application with particular requirements in terms of the packages that have to be present on the hosting server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you can use depends on the OS that you've selected. We leave the chance to change the server Operating System open, so if you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always reinstall the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing all the security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server packages - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are absolutely free and they won't increase the cost of your new web hosting server, but also because they are exceptionally stable and secure. Each one of them is backed up by a huge community of web developers, so you'll be given the option to choose from a large number software packages that you could install on your server in case the application that you intend to employ has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and since we would like to give you as much flexibility as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you get a server with a certain Operating System, we can change it upon request in the event that it turns out that you need a different one. We will also keep your OS updated weekly as a part of the useful Managed Services upgrade.