An Operating System is the software that interacts with the hardware of a computer system and is the intermediary between apps and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). A lot like a personal computer, web servers also feature an Operating System that serves as a host for all of the software installed on them, including script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so you can install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

If you choose to go for one of our virtual private server packages, you shall be able to opt for one of the three Linux distributions that we provide for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most well-known and most dependable server OSs on the market and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you wish to install some app with specific requirements with regards to the packages that should be present on the hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use depends on the OS that you've chosen. We leave the chance to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an app that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, we can always re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing all the security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web 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 are totally free so they will not increase the price of your new server, but also because they are outstandingly secure and stable. Each of them is supported by a big community of developers, so you'll be able to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you can install on your server in case the application that you intend to work with has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer run on specific 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 Operating System, we could change it upon request in case it turns out that you need another one. We can also keep the OS updated weekly as a part of our optional Managed Services upgrade.