An Operating System is the basic software that manages a computer system. It handles the way your hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, plus the prioritization of applications when several run simultaneously. Every program that's installed on a computer operates by sending requests to the OS for various services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be performed using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting world, the OS is what commands a web server and any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also every other application for example a VOIP or a game server. When there're virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS which runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you choose to purchase one of our VPS server packages, you will be able to select one of the three Linux distributions that we supply for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most popular and most stable server OSs on the market and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you intend to install some app with particular requirements with regards to the packages that must be present on the web server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use depends on the OS that you have picked. We leave the possibility to change the server Operating System open, so when you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always re-install the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing any security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to pick from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they’re also regarded as the most reliable and safe OSs. We supply three different ones because each one of them is backed by a separate community. The packages that you can add on your hosting server are different and this may matter in case 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 select. You can select any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order process, however if needed, we can always install the server anew with another one upon your request. As an additional service that you could add to the plan at any moment, we can update the OS on a regular basis so as to keep it as risk-free as possible.