An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a computer system and works as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, which includes peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transmits requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, hosting servers also have an Operating System which acts as a host for all the software installed on them, including script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etc. A virtual machine can be created on a physical one, so you can install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

If you choose to go for one of our virtual private server plans, you shall be able to choose one of the three Linux distributions that we supply for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most widespread and most reliable server OSs available on the market and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you wish to install some app with specific requirements with regards to the packages that have to be present on the web hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you can use will depend on the OS that you have selected. We leave the possibility to change the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an app that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, we can always re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing all the security updates which may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

If you decide to buy one of our dedicated servers, you shall find three Operating Systems on the registration page since we want to give you a larger choice with regard to the system environment on your server as different apps could have certain requirements. CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian contain different modules developed by their huge support communities, so you can select any of these OSs and enjoy a stable and secure web hosting service. Based on your selection, 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 at first doesn't meet the requirements of the software which you want to run. We can also update the OS routinely to keep it as risk-free as possible with our Managed Services upgrade package.