An Operating System is the low-level software which controls a computer. It takes care of how your hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals including a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between your applications, along with the prioritization of applications in case several run at the same time. Each program that is installed on a desktop or a notebook operates by sending requests to the OS for different services via an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be done via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting field, the Operating System is what controls a web server together with all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. In case there're virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS which runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

If you choose to purchase one of our virtual private server packages, you shall be able to select one of the three Linux distributions that we offer for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most widely used and most dependable server OSs out there and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you would like to install some application with particular 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 can use depends on the OS that you have chosen. We leave the chance to change the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an app that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always reinstall the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing all of the security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to pick from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license fees, but they’re also regarded as the most reliable and risk-free OSs. We supply three different ones since each of them is backed by a separate community. The packages which you can add on your hosting server are different and this may matter in case you want to install some piece of software with specific requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the Operating System that you'll select. You may choose any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order process, but if needed, we can always install the server anew with an alternative one upon your request. As an optional service that you could add to the package at any time, we can update your OS on a regular basis so as to keep it as risk-free as possible.