An Operating System is the fundamental software that manages a computer system. It controls the way the hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals including a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, along with the prioritization of applications if multiple ones run concurrently. Each and every program which is installed on a desktop or a laptop operates by sending requests to the OS for various services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be done using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting world, the Operating System is what runs a web server as well as any 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 are virtual machines created, they use a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you decide to go for one of our VPS server plans, you shall be able to pick one of the three Linux distributions which we provide for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most widely used and most stable server OSs on the market 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 app with precise requirements in terms of the packages that must be present on the hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you could use depends on the OS that you've picked. We leave the option to change the server Operating System open, so when you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all the security updates that may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also known as the most dependable and safe OSs. We supply three different ones for the reason that each of them is supported by a separate community. The packages that you can add on your hosting server are different and this may matter in case you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the OS that you will select. You may choose any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, but if needed, we can always install the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you can add to the package any time, we can update the OS regularly in order to keep it as secure as possible.