An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer system and serves as the intermediary between apps and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it sends 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). Just like a personal computer, hosting servers also use an Operating System that serves as a host for any software installed on them, which includes script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so you can install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS

If you choose to acquire one of our virtual private server packages, you will be able to select one of the three Linux distributions which we provide for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most preferred and most reliable server OSs out there and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you need to install some app with specific requirements regarding the packages that have to be present on the hosting server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use depends on the OS that you've picked. We leave the option to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always re-install the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing all of the security updates which may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they’re also considered to be among the most stable and secure OSs. We supply three different ones because each one of them is backed by a separate community. The packages which you can add on your server are different and this could matter if you want to install some piece of software with specific requirements regarding the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you will choose. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order process, but if necessary, we can always set up the server once again with an alternative one upon your request. As an additional service that you may add to the package at any moment, we can update your OS regularly to keep it as secure as possible.