An Operating System is the low-level software which manages a PC. It controls how your hardware functions, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between apps, and the prioritization of apps if multiple ones run at the same time. Each program that is installed on a computer works by sending requests to the OS for various services via an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS can be performed through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting field, the OS is what controls a web server and all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application such as a VOIP or a game server. When there are virtual machines created, they use a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS

If you choose to acquire one of our virtual private server plans, you'll be able to pick one of the three Linux releases which we provide for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most widely used and most stable server OSs available and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you intend to install some application with particular 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 may 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. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all the security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated servers that we offer can be set up with three different Operating Systems because we want to give you more versatile plans that will enable you to install and run any type of web software whatever its system requirements. The choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are some of the most stable and secure ones, not mentioning that they do not have any kind of license charges. All three have thousands of developers that have created a large number of software packages that you could install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. In case you need another OS subsequently, it won't be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with any patches which are available for it.