An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer system and functions as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, which includes peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, web servers also use an Operating System that acts as a host for all of the software installed on them, which includes script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and so on. A virtual machine can be set up 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 OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

If you decide to purchase one of our virtual private server plans, you will be able to select one of the three Linux distributions that we provide for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most well-known and most reliable server OSs out there and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you intend to install some app with specific requirements with regards to the packages that have to be present on the server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you can use depends on the OS that you have selected. We leave the chance to replace the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an app that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always re-install the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing any security updates that may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server packages - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are absolutely free and they won't increase the low price of your new server, but also because they are very stable and secure. Each of them is supported by a big 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 app that you intend to employ has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer run on particular OSs only and because we would like to provide you with as much versatility as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a given OS, we could change it upon request if it turns out that you need another one. We will also keep the OS updated weekly as a part of our useful Managed Services upgrade.