Control panel refers in web hosting industry to the web interface provided by the hosting provider for the administration an control of the hosted websites, databases, emails and lot more. If you need a control panel for your server or VPS here is a list of a few I know:
Baifox
cPanel
DirectAdmin
Domain Technologie Control
Gnupanel
H-Sphere
Hosting Controller
InterWorx
ISPConfig
Lxadmin (now Kloxo)
Plesk
SysCP
Usermin
Virtualmin
Virtualmin Pro
Webmin
This control panels will really make your life simpler by helping you manage your server or VPS. I have tested them on a vps and they all were good for my expectation got my vps all set up in a matter of minutes on some of this control panels.
