An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a PC and works as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, web servers also have an Operating System that serves as a host for all the software installed on them, including script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so you will be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated server solutions 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 considered to be among the most reliable and risk-free OSs. We supply three different ones because each of them is backed by a different community. The packages which you could add on your server are different and this may matter if you want to install some piece of software with specific requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the OS that you'll select. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, but if necessary, we can always install the server once again with another one upon your request. As an additional service that you could add to the package at any moment, we can update the OS regularly in order to keep it as secure as possible.