An Operating System is the basic software that controls a computer. It controls the way the hardware functions, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, as well as the prioritization of applications if multiple ones run at the same time. Any program that's installed on a computer works by sending requests to the OS for different services via an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS can be performed through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting world, the OS is what runs a server together with any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application such as a VOIP or a game server. When there're virtual machines created, they use a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated servers that we offer can be installed with three different Operating Systems as we want to offer you more versatile packages which will let you install and run any type of web software whatever its system requirements. Your options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are some of the most dependable and safe ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license fees. All three have a large number of developers that have created a large number of software packages that you could install and use on your web server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you select when you register. In case you need some other OS afterwards, it will not be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it on a weekly basis with all patches which are released for it.