An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer and is the intermediary between applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it transmits requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, web hosting servers also use an Operating System which acts as a host for all of 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 created on a physical one, so you will be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

We provide as many as three different Linux releases for the Operating System of our VPS servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are among the most stable and reliable OSs you can get and we provide all three of them instead of only one because we realize that you might want to set up some software that has specific requirements with regards to the Operating System it shall run on. The latter is due to the fact that each of the three Operating Systems has a vast support community behind it and there are various software packages you can install on the hosting server. Your OS selection will also determine what hosting Control Panel can be installed on the VPS if you would like to use one and for that reason we offer multiple Control Panels too. If you ever decide that you need some other OS, our technical support can quickly wipe the existing one and set up the one that you want. We also offer an optional service to keep the OS on your VPS updated weekly.

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 are cost-free and they will not increase the price of your new server, but also because they are outstandingly stable and secure. Each of them is supported by a vast community of developers, so you will be able to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you can install on your server in case the app that you want to work with has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with specific OSs only and because we would like to give you as much freedom as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a certain OS, we will change it upon request in case it turns out that you'll need alternative one. We can also keep your OS updated weekly as a part of the optional Managed Services upgrade.