An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a computer and is the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it transfers 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). A lot like a personal computer, hosting servers also have an Operating System which acts as a host for the software installed on them, which includes script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etc. 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 with the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server solutions - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're free so they will not increase the low price of your new server, but also because they are outstandingly stable and secure. Each of them is supported by a vast community of developers, so you will be able to choose from a large number software packages that you can install on your server if the app that you would like to use has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer run on particular OSs only and because we would like to provide you with as much freedom as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you choose a server with a given OS, we can change it upon request if it turns out that you need a different one. We can also keep the OS updated weekly as part of our optional Managed Services upgrade.