An Operating System is the basic software which controls a PC. It controls how your hardware operates, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between your applications, as well as the prioritization of applications in case several run at once. Every program that is installed on a PC operates by sending requests to the OS for various services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS is possible using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting field, the OS is what runs a web server together 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. In case there are virtual machines created, they use a guest OS which runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated servers that we offer can be installed with as many as 3 different Operating Systems since we want to give you more versatile packages that will let you install and run any web software irrespective of its system requirements. The choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most reliable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they do not have any license fees. All three have thousands of developers that have created a huge number of software packages that you could install and use on your server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you choose when you register. If you need some other OS later, it won't be a problem since we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with all patches which are available for it.