An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a computer and functions as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transfers requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Identical to a personal computer, web servers also feature an Operating System which serves as a host for all of the software installed on them, including script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etc. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so you will be able to 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

We offer you three different Linux releases for the Operating System of our virtual private servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are among the safest and the most reliable OSs out there and we provide all three of them instead of just one since we realize that you may want to install some software with specific requirements with regards to the Operating System it will run on. The latter is because each of the three Operating Systems has a vast support community behind it and there're various software packages you may install on the web server. Your OS selection will also determine exactly what hosting Control Panel can be installed on the VPS if you want to use one and that is why we offer several Control Panels too. Should you decide that you want another OS, our tech support team can quickly wipe the present one and set up the one that you'd like. We also offer an optional service to keep the OS on your VPS updated weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web 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 free and they will not increase the cost of your new hosting server, but also because they are very secure and stable. Each one of them is supported by a vast community of web developers, so you'll be able to choose from thousands of software packages that you could install on your server in case the application that you intend to work with has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer run on particular OSs only and since we want to give you as much freedom as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a certain OS, we will change it upon request if it turns out that you need alternative one. We will also keep your OS updated on a weekly basis as a part of the additional Managed Services upgrade.