An Operating System is the fundamental software which controls a PC. It takes care of how your hardware operates, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between your applications, as well as the prioritization of applications when multiple ones run simultaneously. Each program that is installed on a notebook or a desktop functions by sending requests to the OS for various services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be performed using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting world, the Operating System is what controls a server as well as 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 are virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

Our VPS server packages come with three Linux releases that you could choose from for the Operating System of your new hosting server - Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS. In addition to being 100 % free, the OSs are really stable and risk-free and the key reason to offer the 3 of them is to ensure that you can run each application that you would like, as different pieces of software have different requirements about the environment they work on. Each one of the three OSs is supported by a vast community of web developers who have created thousands of software packages which you can install and use on your VPS. Depending on the Operating System that you select, you will also be able to choose between 3 different Control Panels to handle your website hosting content. Of course, in case you decide that you need some other OS, we could always reinstall the server with it. As an optional upgrade, we also provide weekly updates of the Operating System for max stability and security.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server plans - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are 100 % free and they will not increase the low price of your new hosting server, but also because they are extremely secure and stable. Each of them is supported by a huge community of developers, so you'll be given the option to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you could install on your server if the application that you intend to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and because we would like to give you as much freedom as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you choose a server with a certain Operating System, we could change it upon request if it turns out that you will need a different one. We could also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as part of our optional Managed Services upgrade.