An Operating System is the fundamental software which manages a PC. It takes care of the way your hardware functions, the communication with peripheral devices for instance a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, plus the prioritization of apps when several run simultaneously. Each and every program that's installed on a laptop or a desktop works by sending requests to the OS for different services by using an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS is possible through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting world, the OS is what commands a web server and all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also every other application for example a VOIP or a game server. If there're virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

We offer you as many as three different Linux releases for the Operating System of our VPS servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are some of the safest and the most reliable OSs on the market and we supply all 3 rather than only one as we realize that you may want to set up some software which has specific requirements for the Operating System it will run on. The latter is due to the fact that each of the three Operating Systems has a vast support community behind it and there are various software applications you may install on the hosting server. Your OS choice will also determine what hosting Control Panel can be set up on the VPS in case you would like to use one and because of this we offer several Control Panels too. In case you decide that you need to have some other OS, our tech support team can quickly wipe the current one and install the one that you need. In addition, we offer an optional service to maintain the OS on your VPS updated weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server solutions - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're completely free and they will not increase the cost of your new server, but also because they are really secure and stable. Each of them is backed up by a huge community of web developers, so you will be able to choose from thousands of software packages that you could install on your server in case the app that you want to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and because we want to give you as much flexibility as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you choose a server with a given Operating System, we can change it upon request if it turns out that you'll need alternative one. We could also keep the OS updated weekly as part of the optional Managed Services upgrade.