An Operating System is the basic software that manages a PC. It handles how your hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, along with the prioritization of apps when several run at the same time. Every program that is installed on a laptop or a desktop operates by sending requests to the OS for different services by using an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS can be done through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting world, the OS is what controls a web hosting server together with all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition every other application such as a VOIP or a game server. In case there're virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS which is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

Our VPS server packages feature three Linux releases that you could pick from for the Operating System of your new web server - Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS. Apart from being 100 % free, the OSs are very stable and secure and the reason to offer you the three of them is to ensure that you can run every app that you'd like, as different pieces of software have different requirements for the environment they work on. Each of the three OSs is backed by a vast community of web developers who have generated many hundreds of software packages which you can install and use on your VPS. In accordance with the Operating System that you select, you will also be able to select between 3 different Control Panels to control your web hosting content. Needless to say, in case you decide that you need some other OS, we can always re-install the server with it. As a paid upgrade, we also offer you weekly updates of the OS for optimum stability and security.

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 completely free so they will not increase the low price of your new web hosting server, but also because they are outstandingly stable and secure. Each one of them is supported by a big community of developers, so you will be able to choose from a myriad of software packages that you can install on your server in case the app that you want to employ has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer run on specific OSs only and because we would like to give you as much versatility as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a given Operating System, we could change it upon request if it turns out that you need another one. We could also keep your OS updated on a weekly basis as a part of our additional Managed Services upgrade.