Ubuntu
Find out about Ubuntu, how this tiny Linux distro has taken the world by storm and why it’s at this moment so favored.
Ubuntu is a very popular Operating System, that makes use of the Linux kernel. Though it's used mainly on desktops, its server version has been gaining in popularity nowadays as well. Ubuntu is among the lightest Linux distributions out there and it's compatible with almost any kind of hardware, which makes it a universal OS. It is also very stable and secure and has an no less than a five-year support life cycle, so you'll be able to get official protection and performance updates. Unlike a number of other Operating Systems, Ubuntu is distributed without license fees and you're able to customize its core, or any of the thousands of packages it comes with, in any way you find fit. This enables you to set up the right software environment for all of your web applications irrespective of their requirements. As a result of the popularity of the OS, Ubuntu has large developer and user communities, so you can always find find a lot of materials on the web about any question or problem which you may have.
Ubuntu in Dedicated Web Hosting
Ubuntu is one of the Operating System options that you can find on our order page in case you choose to acquire one of our Linux dedicated web hosting. We can set up the 32-bit or the 64-bit edition, to satisfy the system requirements of the applications which you wish to install on the server. You may also select the software which will operate on your machine, because we will set up only the Apache web server software, so all else can be tailor-made software of your liking. You are able to set up the latter without problems using a Secure Shell console, as you will get root-level access and you will get full control over your server. You can set up a hosting Control Panel as well and manage some things via a graphical interface, as long as it can run on an Ubuntu-driven machine. To make things easier for you, we also supply a Managed Services upgrade, that, among other things, features Operating System upgrades.