An Operating System is the low-level software which controls a computer. It controls the way the hardware functions, the communication with peripheral devices for instance a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between your applications, along with the prioritization of applications if several run at once. Each program that is installed on a laptop or a desktop works by sending requests to the OS for different services via an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS can be achieved via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting world, the Operating System is what commands a web server as well as all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application such as a VOIP or a game server. In case there're virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS which is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

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 which we provide for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most widely used and most dependable 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 wish to install some application with precise requirements in terms of the packages that need to be present on the server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you could use depends on the OS that you have picked. We leave the chance to replace the server Operating System open, so if 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 that may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to pick from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also considered to be among the most dependable and safe OSs. We supply three different ones since each of them is backed by a separate community. The packages that you can add on your web server are different and this may matter in case you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the OS that you will choose. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order process, but if necessary, we can always set up the server once again with an alternative one upon your request. As an optional service that you may add to the plan any time, we can update the OS on a regular basis in order to keep it as risk-free as possible.