An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a computer and is 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 sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, hosting servers also use an Operating System which functions as a host for the software installed on them, which includes script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so you could install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you choose to go for one of our VPS server packages, you'll be able to choose one of the three Linux releases which we offer for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most preferred and most dependable server OSs on the market and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you want to install some application with precise requirements with regards to the packages that should be present on the hosting server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you could use will depend on the OS that you have selected. We leave the chance to replace 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 re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing any security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

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're completely free so they won't increase the cost of your new server, but also because they are really stable and secure. Each of them is backed up by a big community of web developers, so you'll be given the option to choose from thousands of software packages that you may install on your server if the application that you want 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 run on specific OSs only and because we want to give you as much freedom as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a given Operating System, we can change it upon request in the event that it turns out that you will need another one. We can also keep your OS updated weekly as a part of our additional Managed Services upgrade.