An Operating System is the basic software that manages a computer system. It controls how your hardware functions, the communication with peripherals such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between all the applications, along with the prioritization of applications in case multiple ones run simultaneously. Any program that's installed on a PC works by sending requests to the OS for various services via an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS is possible via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting world, the OS is what runs a web hosting server as well as all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition every other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. When there're virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license taxes, but they’re also considered to be among the most dependable and safe OSs. We offer three different ones because each one of them is supported by a different community. The packages which you can add on your server are different and this may matter in case you need to install some piece of software with particular requirements regarding the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the OS that you'll select. You can choose any of the three Operating Systems during the order process, but if needed, we can always install the server once again with an alternative one upon your request. As an optional service that you could add to the package whenever you want, we can update the OS regularly to keep it as secure as possible.