An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a computer and functions as the intermediary between applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, 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). Just like a personal computer, hosting servers also feature an Operating System that functions as a host for any software installed on them, including script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and so on. 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 compared to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server packages - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are completely free and they won't increase the cost of your new web server, but also because they are extremely stable and secure. Each one of them is backed up by a huge community of web developers, so you'll be given the option to choose from thousands of software packages that you can install on your server in case the app that you intend to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and because we would like to provide you with as much flexibility as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a given Operating System, we can change it upon request in case it turns out that you will need alternative one. We will also keep the OS updated weekly as part of our useful Managed Services upgrade.