An Operating System is the basic software which controls a PC. It takes care of the way your hardware operates, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between your applications, and the prioritization of apps in case several run concurrently. Each and every program that's installed on a laptop or a desktop functions by sending requests to the OS for different services using an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS can be achieved through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting world, the Operating System is what runs a hosting server and all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application for example a VOIP or a game server. If there're virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS which runs on the server host OS.
Multiple OS in VPS Hosting
If you decide to acquire one of our virtual private server packages, you will be able to opt for one of the three Linux releases that we provide for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most widely used and most stable server OSs on the market and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you want to install some app with particular requirements in terms of the packages that need to be present on the hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use depends on the OS that you've picked. We leave the chance to replace the server Operating System open, so if you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, 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 Web Hosting
We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server plans - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're 100 % free so they will not increase the cost of your new web server, but also because they are very stable and secure. Each one of them is backed up by a large community of web developers, so you'll be able to choose from a large number software packages that you could install on your server if the application that you want to work with has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer run on particular OSs only and since we want to provide you with as much adaptability as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you choose a server with a certain OS, we will change it upon request if it turns out that you need a different one. We will also keep your OS updated weekly as a part of the additional Managed Services upgrade.