Ubuntu is a very popular Operating System, which uses the Linux kernel. While it's used mainly on personal computers, its server version has been gaining in popularity lately as well. Ubuntu is one of the lightest Linux releases out there and it is compatible with almost any hardware, that makes it a universal OS. It is also very stable and secure and has an no less than a 5-year support life cycle, so you'll be able to get official security and performance updates. Unlike lots of other Operating Systems, Ubuntu is distributed without license fees and you can customize its core, and any of the thousands of packages it features, in any way you see fit. This will allow you to set up the proper software environment for all your web applications regardless of their requirements. Due to the popularity of the Operating System, Ubuntu has vast developer and user communities, so you will always find plenty of materials online about any question or problem that you may have.

Ubuntu in VPS Servers

Ubuntu is available with all our Linux VPS servers and you can get a VPS running it in just sixty minutes. 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the OS are available, so that you're able to choose the one which you need if the software that you would like to run on the server has particular system requirements regarding this. You can also select whether your Ubuntu-powered VPS should be set up without a Control Panel, in which case you'll have full root access and you will be able to set up anything using a console; or if the Hepsia Control Panel should be set up on it, in which case you will have a world wide web interface and all necessary web server, MySQL, FTP, mail server, etcetera. software is pre-installed. The root access in the second case will be more limited, but such a installation is more efficient for users with less experience. We will also keep your Ubuntu up-to-date regularly if you add our Managed Services upgrade. You will be able to do so throughout the VPS order process or at any later time through your billing Control Panel.

Ubuntu in Dedicated Servers

Ubuntu is among the Operating System options that you can find on our order page when you want to acquire one of our dedicated web hosting plans. We will set up the 32-bit or the 64-bit edition, so as to meet the system requirements of the apps that you would like to set up on the server. You can also choose the software that will run on your machine, due to the fact that we will install only the Apache web server software, so all else can be tailor-made software of your choice. You will be able to set up the latter without any problems through a Secure Shell console, since you will get root-level access and you will have full control over your hosting server. You are free to set up a hosting Control Panel too and control some things via a graphical interface, as long as it can run on an Ubuntu-driven machine. To make things simpler, we also supply a Managed Services upgrade, which, among other things, features OS upgrades.