An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a PC and functions as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, which includes peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it transmits requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Identical to a personal computer, web hosting servers also have an Operating System which functions as a host for all the software installed on them, including script apps 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 in contrast with the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

We offer you as many as 3 different Linux distributions for the Operating System of our virtual private servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are some of the most stable and reliable OSs you can get and we provide all 3 instead of just one as we realize that you might want to set up some software with specific requirements regarding the Operating System it'll run on. The latter is due to the fact that each of the three Operating Systems has a vast support community behind it and there're different software applications you may install on the server. Your OS selection will also determine exactly what hosting Control Panel can be installed on the VPS if you would like to use one and because of this we offer multiple Control Panels as well. Should you decide that you want a different OS, our technical support can quickly wipe the present one and install the one that you want. We also offer an optional service to maintain the OS on your VPS updated weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server packages - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're 100 % free and they will not increase the low price of your new web hosting server, but also because they are very stable and secure. Each of them is supported by a big community of web developers, so you'll be given the option to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you could install on your server if the application that you would like to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what 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 freedom as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you get a server with a certain Operating System, we could change it upon request in case it turns out that you need a different one. We can also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as part of the additional Managed Services upgrade.