An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a PC and is the intermediary between apps and the hardware, which includes peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transfers requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Identical to a personal computer, web hosting servers also use an Operating System which serves as a host for all the software installed on them, including script apps 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'll be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS

If you decide to purchase one of our virtual private server packages, you'll be able to opt for one of the three Linux distributions that we supply for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most popular 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 would like to install some app with precise requirements regarding the packages that should be present on the web server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use depends on the OS that you've selected. We leave the chance to change the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always reinstall the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all of the security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated servers we offer can be installed with three different Operating Systems since we want to offer you more versatile packages that will enable you to install and run any web software regardless of its system requirements. The options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most reliable and safe ones, not mentioning that they don't have any license costs. All three have a large number of developers that have created a huge number of software packages that you can install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. If you need some other OS subsequently, it won't be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it every week with any patches that are released for it.