An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a computer and works as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it sends 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). A lot like a personal computer, web servers also have an Operating System which serves as a host for all of the software installed on them, including script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etc. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so it is possible to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated server packages that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to select from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they’re also regarded as the most dependable and safe OSs. We offer three different ones because each one of them is supported by a separate community. The packages that you could add on your server are different and this may matter in case you need to install some piece of software with specific requirements regarding the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the OS that you will select. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, however if needed, we can always set up the server once again with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you may add to the plan any time, we can update your OS regularly in order to keep it as risk-free as possible.