An Operating System is the low-level software which manages a computer. It handles the way your hardware operates, the communication with peripherals such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, as well as the prioritization of applications in case multiple ones run at the same time. Any program which is installed on a desktop or a laptop operates by sending requests to the OS for different services by using an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS can be achieved via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting field, the Operating System is what controls a server along with any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application for example a VOIP or a game server. If there're virtual machines created, they use a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

In case you decide to buy one of our virtual private server packages, you shall be able to choose one of the three Linux releases that we supply for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most widespread and most reliable server OSs available and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you wish to install some application with particular requirements in terms of the packages that need to be present on the web server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you could use will depend on the OS that you have picked. We leave the possibility to change the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always reinstall 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 Web 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're totally free so they will not increase the low price of your new hosting server, but also because they are outstandingly stable and secure. Each one of them is backed up by a big community of web developers, so you'll be able to choose from a myriad of software packages that you can install on your server if the application that you intend to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and since we want to provide you with as much flexibility as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you choose a server with a given OS, we will change it upon request in case it turns out that you will need another one. We could also keep your OS updated on a weekly basis as a part of our additional Managed Services upgrade.