An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a computer and serves as the intermediary between apps and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transmits requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, hosting servers also use an Operating System that functions as a host for all of 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 created on a physical one, so it is possible to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host Operating System.
Multiple OS in VPS Servers
In case you choose to go for one of our VPS server packages, you'll be able to choose one of the three Linux releases which we offer for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most widely used and most stable server OSs on the market and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you would like to install some app with specific requirements with regards to the packages that must be present on the server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use depends on the OS that you have selected. We leave the possibility to replace the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always reinstall the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all of the security updates which may be available.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers
We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server plans - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're 100 % free so they will not increase the price of your new web hosting server, but also because they are outstandingly secure and stable. Each of them is backed up by a big community of developers, so you will be able to choose from countless software packages that you can install on your server in case the app that you want to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer run on specific OSs only and because we would like to provide you with as much freedom as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you get a server with a given OS, we will change it upon request if it turns out that you'll need another one. We can also keep your OS updated on a weekly basis as part of the useful Managed Services upgrade.