An Operating System is the low-level software that manages a PC. It handles the way the hardware operates, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, and the prioritization of apps if several run simultaneously. Any program that is installed on a desktop or a laptop works by sending requests to the OS for various services via an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS can be done via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting field, the Operating System is what runs a server and all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application for example a VOIP or a game server. If there're virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS

If you select one of our virtual private server plans, you will have three different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux distributions and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, because the applications that you may want to run on the server may have specific requirements for the software environment. Each of these three has some pros in terms of the available plans that you could later install, but what's common between them is that they're very stable and reliable and have large communities which support them. The web hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, so as to provide you with more flexibility. If you order the virtual server with one OS and you need another one later, our tech support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in a couple of minutes. We also offer the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to select 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 secure OSs. We provide three different ones as each one of them is backed by a separate community. The packages that you can add on your hosting server are different and this may matter in case you need to install some piece of software with particular requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you will select. You may choose any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, yet if needed, we can always install the server anew with another one upon your request. As an optional service that you can add to the package any time, we can update the OS regularly in order to keep it as risk-free as possible.