Operating Systems available for use on VPS.NET
With VPS.NET we give you 8 different choices for your operating system, allowing you to choose your favorite distribution for your cloud VPS. Of those 8, we offer specialized images of certain distributions to further maximize your VPS.
CentOS 5.4
Based off of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS offers a stable, reliable, and secure hosting environment for your Cloud VPS. Besides the core CentOS image, we also offer a version that has been hardened and optimized for the VPS environment, along with specialized images catered towards specific needs. Some of the specialized images include environments for CentOS with only Apache installed, CentOS with Shoutcast installed, CentOS with Varnish HTTP Accelerator, and CentOS with Postfix mail server.
CloudLinux
Catered specifically towards customers doing shared and reseller hosting, CloudLinux is features isolation technology which makes it so one site cannot bring down a whole server. CloudLinux also features reporting capabilities so server administrators can see which users consume the most resources at certain points throughout the day. VPS.NET offers specialized images so you can easily installed Apache, cPanel/WHM, ISPManager and the entire LAMP environment.
Debian 5.0
Debian is a Linux based operating system with support for over 25,000 software packages. VPS.NET offers both the standard Debian OS, along with a VPS Optimized version. There are also specialized images for MySQL/Galera, Magento, NGINX and many more.
Elastix
Elastix is an open source communications platform, which is used for IP PBX, email, IM, fax, and collaboration.
Gentoo
Gentoo is a Linux based operating system which prides itself on near limitless adaptability.
Turnkey Linux
Turnkey Linux is an Ubuntu based operating system which is specifically developed for cloud computer architecture. Besides offering the standard Turnkey Linux OS, VPS.NET also offers Turnkey Linux with a number of scripts such as BugZilla, DocuWiki, Gallery, Joomla, MoveAble Type, PhpBB and many more as part of the installation process, eliminating the need for you to manually install the script (unless you’re using Softalucous!)
Ubuntu 8.04 & Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu is a Debian based operating system, which has burst onto the home computing screen for its ease of use. Each version of Ubuntu is offered with the stand-alone OS, and then with server software such as Apache, MySQL, and Postfix pre-installed.