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 computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it transmits requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, web hosting servers also have an Operating System that functions 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 created 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 decide to acquire one of our VPS server packages, you shall be able to pick one of the three Linux releases which we offer for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most preferred and most reliable server OSs available on the market and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you need to install some application with precise requirements in terms of the packages that need to be present on the hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use will depend on the OS that you've chosen. We leave the possibility to change the server Operating System open, so when you want to use software 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 on a weekly basis by installing any security updates that may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

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 totally free and they won't increase the cost of your new server, but also because they are extremely secure and stable. Each of them is backed up by a huge community of developers, so you'll be able to choose from a large number software packages that you may install on your server if the application that you intend to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer run on particular OSs only and because we want to provide you with as much adaptability as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you choose a server with a given OS, we can change it upon request in the event that it turns out that you need a different one. We could also keep your OS updated weekly as part of the useful Managed Services upgrade.