An Operating System is the low-level software which manages a PC. It takes care of how the hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals including a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between various applications, along with the prioritization of applications when multiple ones run at once. Every program which is installed on a PC functions by sending requests to the OS for various services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be achieved via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting field, the OS is what commands a web hosting server and all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. When there are virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated 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 won't increase the low price of your new hosting server, but also because they are exceptionally secure and stable. Each of them is supported by a vast community of developers, so you'll be given the option to choose from thousands of software packages that you could install on your server in case the application that you want to use has specific 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 specific OSs only and since we would like to provide you with as much versatility as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a certain Operating System, we could change it upon request if it turns out that you need a different one. We could also keep your OS updated weekly as a part of our optional Managed Services upgrade.