An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer and serves as the intermediary between applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transmits requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Identical to a personal computer, web hosting servers also use an Operating System that acts as a host for the software installed on them, which includes script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so you could install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS

If you decide to buy one of our virtual private server plans, you'll be able to choose one of the three Linux distributions that we offer for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most popular and most reliable server OSs out there and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you intend to install some app with precise requirements in terms of the packages that have to be present on the web server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use depends on the OS that you've selected. We leave the chance to change the server Operating System open, so if you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, we can always reinstall the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing any security updates which may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

In case you decide to buy one of our dedicated servers, you shall find three Operating Systems on the registration page because we want to give you a larger choice for the system environment on your server as different applications could have specific requirements. CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian contain different modules developed by their vast support communities, so you can select any of these OSs and take advantage of a stable and risk-free Internet hosting service. Depending on your decision, you'll also have different Control Panels to choose from. Of course, we can always change the Operating System if the one you've selected in the beginning doesn't meet the requirements of the software which you'd like to run. We can also upgrade your OS regularly in order to keep it as secure as possible using our Managed Services upgrade package.