An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a computer and functions as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, which includes peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transmits requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). A lot like a personal computer, hosting servers also have an Operating System which acts as a host for all of the software installed on them, including 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 will be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

In case you decide to purchase one of our virtual private server plans, you will be able to select one of the three Linux distributions which we offer for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most well-known and most reliable server OSs available and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you want to install some app with precise requirements in terms of the packages that must be present on the server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use will depend on the OS that you have chosen. We leave the possibility to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an application 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 of the security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license taxes, but they’re also known as the most reliable and safe OSs. We offer three different ones as each one of them is backed by a different community. The packages which you can add on your server are different and this may matter if you need to install some piece of software with specific requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the OS that you will select. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, but if needed, we can always set up the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you may add to the package at any moment, we can update your OS regularly so as to keep it as secure as possible.