An Operating System is the fundamental software which controls a computer. It handles the way your hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between your applications, along with the prioritization of applications when several run at once. Each program which is installed on a computer functions by sending requests to the OS for various services using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS is possible using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting field, the OS is what runs a web hosting server as well as all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also every other application for example a VOIP or a game server. In case there're virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server plans - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are free and they will not increase the price of your new web server, but also because they are really secure and stable. Each of them is backed up by a big community of developers, so you will be able to choose from a myriad of software packages that you may install on your server in case the application that you want to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and since we would like to provide you with as much flexibility as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you choose a server with a given Operating System, we will change it upon request in the event that it turns out that you will need a different one. We will also keep your OS updated weekly as a part of the additional Managed Services upgrade.