An Operating System is the low-level software that manages a computer system. It handles how your hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between apps, along with the prioritization of applications in case multiple ones run simultaneously. Each and every program that is installed on a computer functions by sending requests to the OS for various services using an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS can be performed through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting world, the OS is what controls a server along with all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition every other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. If there are virtual machines created, they use a guest OS which runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS

In case you choose to go for one of our virtual private server packages, you will be able to opt for one of the three Linux releases that we provide for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most widely used and most dependable 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 app with precise requirements in terms of the packages that should be present on the server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you could use depends on the OS that you've selected. We leave the option to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, we can always reinstall the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all of the security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated 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 are absolutely free so they won't increase the price of your new web hosting server, but also because they are really secure and stable. Each of them is supported by a huge community of web developers, so you'll be able to choose from a large number software packages that you may install on your server if the application that you want to work with 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 specific OSs only and because we want to give you as much flexibility as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you get a server with a certain OS, we can change it upon request in case it turns out that you'll need a different one. We could also keep your OS updated weekly as a part of the useful Managed Services upgrade.