An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a PC and functions as the intermediary between apps and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it transmits requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, web servers also use an Operating System that acts as a host for the software installed on them, including script apps 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 will be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host Operating System.
Multiple OS in VPS Hosting
Our virtual private server packages feature three Linux releases which you may select from for the Operating System of your new web server - Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS. Apart from being 100 % free, the OSs are very stable and secure and the reason to offer all 3 of them is to make sure that you'll be able to run every app that you'd like, because different pieces of software may have different requirements for the environment they work on. Each one of the three OSs is supported by a vast community of web developers who have made a large number of software packages which you can set up and use on your VPS. Based on the Operating System that you pick, you will also be able to select between 3 different Control Panels to control your web hosting content. Also, in case you decide that you need a different OS, we could always reinstall the server with it. As a paid upgrade, we also provide weekly updates of the OS for optimum stability and security.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting
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 are absolutely free and they won't increase the low price of your new web server, but also because they are exceptionally 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 many hundreds of software packages that you could install on your server in case the application that you would like to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with specific OSs only and since we want to give you as much adaptability as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you get a server with a certain Operating System, we could change it upon request in case it turns out that you will need alternative one. We could also keep the OS updated weekly as part of the optional Managed Services upgrade.