An Operating System is the basic software that manages a computer. It handles how the hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between all the applications, as well as the prioritization of apps if multiple ones run concurrently. Each and every program which is installed on a desktop or a notebook works by sending requests to the OS for different services using an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS can be performed using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting field, the Operating System is what runs a web hosting server as well as all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. In case there are virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

In case you choose to go for one of our virtual private server packages, you'll be able to select one of the three Linux distributions that we offer for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most preferred and most reliable server OSs available on the market and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you intend to install some application with precise requirements in terms of the packages that must be present on the server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use will depend on the OS that you've chosen. We leave the option to change the server Operating System open, so if you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always reinstall the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing all of the security updates that may be released.

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 completely free and they will not increase the price of your new web server, but also because they are really secure and stable. 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 may install on your server in case the app that you want 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 run on specific OSs only and since we want to provide you with as much flexibility as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you get a server with a given Operating System, we could change it upon request in case it turns out that you'll need another one. We could also keep the OS updated weekly as a part of the useful Managed Services upgrade.