An Operating System is the basic software which controls a computer. It handles how your hardware behaves, the communication with peripheral devices for instance a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, along with the prioritization of applications when several run at once. Each program which is installed on a laptop or a desktop operates by sending requests to the OS for different services via an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS is possible through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting field, the OS is what runs a web server along with all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application such as a VOIP or a game server. If there're virtual machines created, they use a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to pick from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license fees, but they’re also known as the most reliable and secure OSs. We offer three different ones as each one of them is supported by a different community. The packages which you could add on your web server are different and this could matter in case you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the Operating System that you'll select. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, yet if needed, we can always set up the server anew with an alternative one upon your request. As an additional service that you could add to the package whenever you want, we can update the OS on a regular basis to keep it as risk-free as possible.