An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a PC and functions as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it transmits requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Identical to a personal computer, web servers also use an Operating System which serves as a host for all the software installed on them, including script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and so on. 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 Servers

Our VPS server packages include three Linux distributions that you may select from for the Operating System of your new hosting server - Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS. Apart from being 100 % free, the OSs are really stable and safe and the main reason to offer you the three of them is to ensure that you can run each app that you would like, because different pieces of software may have different requirements in terms of the environment they work on. Each of the three OSs is backed by a large community of developers who have created thousands of software packages which you can install and use on your VPS. Based on the Operating System which you select, you will also be able to choose between three different Control Panels to manage your web hosting content. Needless to say, should you decide that you need a new OS, we could always reinstall the server with it. As an additional upgrade, we also offer you weekly updates of the Operating System for max stability and security.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server solutions - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are totally free and they will not increase the low price of your new server, but also because they are exceptionally secure and stable. Each one of them is backed up by a big community of developers, so you will be able to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you could install on your server in case the app that you intend to employ has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with specific OSs only and because we would like to give you as much freedom as possible, we offer several 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 need alternative one. We could also keep the OS updated weekly as a part of the additional Managed Services upgrade.