An Operating System is the low-level software which manages a computer. It controls the way the hardware behaves, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between applications, along with the prioritization of applications when multiple ones run at the same time. Any program which is installed on a laptop or a desktop functions by sending requests to the OS for various services via an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS can be performed using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting world, the Operating System is what controls a web server and all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition every other application such as a VOIP or a game server. In case there are virtual machines created, they use a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS

In case you decide to purchase one of our virtual private server plans, you'll be able to pick one of the three Linux distributions that we supply for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most popular and most reliable server OSs available and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you wish to install some app with particular requirements regarding the packages that must be present on the hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use will depend on the OS that you have selected. We leave the option to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always re-install the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all the security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated servers that we offer can be installed with three different Operating Systems because we want to give you more versatile packages which will let you install and run any web software regardless of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are among the most reliable and safe ones, not mentioning that they do not have any kind of license costs. All three have numerous developers who have created numerous software packages that you may install and use on your web hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use is determined by the Operating System that you choose when you register. If you need another OS later on, it won't be a problem because we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it on a weekly basis with any patches that are released for it.