Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting is the future of web hosting. For years many open source programs have required root access to install, and now you can harness the full power of root access without paying for a dedicated server! State of the art OpenVZ and XEN virtualization technologies allows VPSLink to partition a physical server into several virtual environments. VPSLink customers have access to all the functionality found on a physical dedicated server.

All VPSLink plans allow you to choose your own operating system. As soon as your order is verified you will receive an email granting you access to your account, from this control-panel you will be able to install your own operating system! You are free to re-install or choose to install another operating system via the control-panel whenever you want! We will continuously be adding new operating system templates, so please stay tuned for more updates! Currently we offer the following OS choices: CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, and ware (please note XEN currently does not have all OS chocies available.




Operating System Short Description
CentOS VPS
Offering CentOS 4, 4+ LAMP available for both 4 and 5 as well.

CentOS has numerous advantages over some of the other clone projects including:  an active and growing user community, quickly rebuilt, tested, and QA'ed errata packages, an extensive mirror network, developers who are contactable and responsive, multiple free support avenues including IRC Chat,Mailing Lists, Forums, a dynamic FAQ.  Commercial supportis offered via a number of vendors.
Fedora VPS

Offering Fedora Core 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 7+ RoR . Option of LAMP available on FC 5, 6, & 7 as well.
VPSLink packages one and two are not avaiable with Fedora+LAMP or Fedora+RubyOnRails (RoR)

Fedora is an open, innovative, forward looking operating system and platform, based on Linux, that is always free for anyone to use, modify and distribute, now and forever. It is developed by a large community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software and standards. The Fedora Project is managed and directed by the Fedora Foundation and sponsored by Red Hat.
Debian VPS

Offering Debian 3.1, 4.0, and 4.0+RoR. Option of LAMP available for 4.0 as well.

Debian is one of the most popular Linux operating system choices available to the developer today. Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a bare bones operating system: over 15000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.

The latest stable version of Debian is 3.1 Sarge. VPSLink has updated their Debian to the latest version stable as of 12/20/2005. One of Debian's unique features is the ability to simply upgrade your operating system using the apt-get system. Maintaining security has never been so simple.

If you're not afraid of the command line, ready for power, and appreciate simplicty -- Debian is the perfect choice for you.
Ubuntu VPS

Offering Ubuntu 6.10, Ubuntu 7.04, and 7.04+ RoR. Option of LAMP available for 7.04 as well.

Ubuntu is fast becoming the most popular Linux distribution and has carved a respectable niche with systems administrators and developers alike. Ubuntu includes more than 16,000 applications ready to install.

Ubuntu is built on the solid foundation of Debian, which is known for its robust server installations. As a result, Ubuntu has a strong heritage of reliable performance. A key feature taken from Debian is that of security by default. VPSLink's Ubuntu VPS has no unnecessarily open ports after provisioning and contains only the essential software needed to build a secure server.

Slackware VPS

Offering 10.2 and 11.0

Slackware Linux is a complete 32-bit multitasking "UNIX-like" system.i It's currently based around the 2.4 Linux kernel series and the GNU C Library version 2.3.4 (libc6). It contains an easy to use installation program, extensive online documentation, and a menu-driven package system. A full installation gives you the X Window System, C/C++ development environments, Perl, networking utilities, a mail server, a news server, a web server, an ftp server, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, Netscape Communicator, plus many more programs. Slackware Linux can run on 486 systems all the way up to the latest x86 machines (but uses -mcpu=i686 optimization for best performance on i686-class machines like the P3, P4, and Duron/Athlon).

Gentoo VPS

NOT available with VPSLink 1 accounts!

Gentoo is a very special flavor of UNIX. It is perhaps one of the most customizable Linux distributions available. Gentoo is built around the source code. Your VPSLink account will be a very basic install including GCC and SSHD. This is what is referred to as a Stage 3 Install. You will definitely need to be comfortable compiling applications to take advantage of Gentoo.

Portage is the heart of Gentoo, and runs a large portion of the operating system. Specifically Portage is the software distribution system for Gentoo. To add new applications, or update existing ones, Portage must be used. More than 10,000 packages currently exist in Portage. To update your system to the latest version of all applications simply type 'emerge -uD world' and everything is up to date!

OpenSUSE VPS
Offering 10.2

The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, openSUSE.org provides free, easy access to the world's most usable Linux distribution, SUSE Linux. The openSUSE project gives Linux developers and enthusiasts everything they need to get started with Linux.

The goals of the openSUSE project are:

  • Make SUSE Linux the easiest Linux distribution for anyone to obtain and the most widely used open source platform.
  • Provide an environment for open source collaboration that makes SUSE Linux the world's best Linux distribution for new and experienced Linux users.
  • Dramatically simplify and open the development and packaging processes to make SUSE Linux the platform of choice for Linux hackers and application developers.
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