An Operating System is the software that interacts with the hardware of a computer and is the intermediary between apps and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transfers requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, web servers also have an Operating System that functions as a host for any software installed on them, which includes script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so it is possible to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers 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 are completely free and they won't increase the low price of your new web server, but also because they are really stable and secure. Each of them is supported by a vast community of web developers, so you'll be given the option to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you can install on your server if the app that you would like to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer run on particular OSs only and because we would like to provide you with as much flexibility as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a given OS, we can change it upon request in case it turns out that you need another one. We could also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as part of the additional Managed Services upgrade.