An Operating System is the fundamental software which controls a computer. It handles the way your hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between apps, along with the prioritization of applications if multiple ones run at the same time. Each program that is installed on a computer operates by sending requests to the OS for different services by using an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS can be achieved via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting world, the OS is what commands a hosting server as well as all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also every other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. If there're virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated servers we offer come with three different Operating Systems as we want to offer you more flexible solutions that will let you install and run any type of web software regardless of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are among the most dependable and safe ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license charges. All three have a large number of developers who have created a large number of software packages that you'll be able to install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. If you need a different OS later on, it won't be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by upgrading it every week with any patches which are released for it.