Title: What's your hostname?
Post by: viniosity on 2014/05/11, 03:22:41
Post by: viniosity on 2014/05/11, 03:22:41
I always struggle to come up with a good hostname when I get a new computer. Now that I've got siduction installed, I'm looking for a good hostname. What did you call your system?
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: ayla on 2014/05/11, 03:29:59
Post by: ayla on 2014/05/11, 03:29:59
Hi,
my systems are named to places from Marion Zimmer-Bradleys "Darkover" series. :)
Greets
ayla
my systems are named to places from Marion Zimmer-Bradleys "Darkover" series. :)
Greets
ayla
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: bluelupo on 2014/05/11, 10:32:23
Post by: bluelupo on 2014/05/11, 10:32:23
Most of my hostname come from the movie "Ice Age" as scrat, squint or buck.
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: mxmehl on 2014/05/11, 11:17:01
Post by: mxmehl on 2014/05/11, 11:17:01
I was always inspired by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Therefore my current system is called "heartofgold" and there are a lot of more funny and unique names in these novels ;)
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: timc on 2014/05/11, 15:27:22
Post by: timc on 2014/05/11, 15:27:22
Mine is very simple, tim-pc
Tim
Tim
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: spacepenguin on 2014/05/11, 16:38:12
Post by: spacepenguin on 2014/05/11, 16:38:12
@ayla: Thumbs up :)!
I don't have a straight line when it comes to naming. The name somehow must match the character of the machine. I have a "gemini" that once was a Windows machine, there is a "phoenix" which earned its name when being revived after an "emergency operation", a "panther" which is just dark and quiet, an "oldie" (guess why), a "speedy" (laptop with 256 MB RAM after installation of antiX instead of Windows) and so on.
I don't have a straight line when it comes to naming. The name somehow must match the character of the machine. I have a "gemini" that once was a Windows machine, there is a "phoenix" which earned its name when being revived after an "emergency operation", a "panther" which is just dark and quiet, an "oldie" (guess why), a "speedy" (laptop with 256 MB RAM after installation of antiX instead of Windows) and so on.
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: ghstryder on 2014/05/11, 18:32:05
Post by: ghstryder on 2014/05/11, 18:32:05
I'm boring - I just use the model number of the confuser. p690, dv9000, etc.
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: GoinEasy9 on 2014/05/11, 19:24:21
Post by: GoinEasy9 on 2014/05/11, 19:24:21
Because I have a mix of 32 and 64 bit installs (only one 32 bit left), and the fact that I have 4 distros on my UEFI machine, I use:
(distro_name)(32/64)(Display Environment)(CPU-abbreviation)
# hostname
siduction64kdefx
It may be a bit long, but it makes it easier when I'm looking at my routers DHCP client list.
(distro_name)(32/64)(Display Environment)(CPU-abbreviation)
# hostname
siduction64kdefx
It may be a bit long, but it makes it easier when I'm looking at my routers DHCP client list.
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: dibl on 2014/05/12, 15:26:04
Post by: dibl on 2014/05/12, 15:26:04
I have no system, so the hostnames are only meaningful to me:
imerabox (custom built desktop, started as aptosid Imera)
e6500 (Dell Latitude E6500 laptop)
suzdesk (previous custom built system, now wife's desktop)
tosh205 (Toshiba NB-205 netbook)
decembersid (old E-Machines POS with "December" installed)
imerabox (custom built desktop, started as aptosid Imera)
e6500 (Dell Latitude E6500 laptop)
suzdesk (previous custom built system, now wife's desktop)
tosh205 (Toshiba NB-205 netbook)
decembersid (old E-Machines POS with "December" installed)
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: vindeliker on 2014/05/12, 22:21:57
Post by: vindeliker on 2014/05/12, 22:21:57
I have some great people around:
Turing(Server)Leibnitz(Desktop)Zuse(Notebook 1)Boole(Notebook 2)
but I have also dumb names like "printer", "router" and "s3"
greets,
Roland
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: sunrat on 2014/05/13, 04:22:38
Post by: sunrat on 2014/05/13, 04:22:38
2 machines here -
brain (desktop)
eee-brain (netbook)
brain (desktop)
eee-brain (netbook)
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: Sir_Aim on 2014/05/13, 16:02:23
Post by: Sir_Aim on 2014/05/13, 16:02:23
on desktop workstations I got inspired by the CPU:
i7
i5
amd3200
my headless slaves are named by what they're used for:
nas1
nas2
backup
i7
i5
amd3200
my headless slaves are named by what they're used for:
nas1
nas2
backup
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: piper on 2014/05/13, 17:21:18
Post by: piper on 2014/05/13, 17:21:18
x1
x2
x3
x4
x5
bonghit
x7 phone
x2
x3
x4
x5
bonghit
x7 phone
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: sunrat on 2014/05/14, 03:02:17
Post by: sunrat on 2014/05/14, 03:02:17
Quote from: piper on 2014/05/13, 17:21:18Haha, so you got distracted when you were installing x6? ;D 8)
x1
x2
x3
x4
x5
bonghit
x7 phone
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: piper on 2014/05/14, 03:31:54
Post by: piper on 2014/05/14, 03:31:54
Quote from: sunratQuote from: piper on Today at 12:21:18 PMx1lol, good one ;):):P
x2
x3
x4
x5
bonghit
x7 phoneHaha, so you got distracted when you were installing x6?
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: absolut on 2014/05/15, 10:54:48
Post by: absolut on 2014/05/15, 10:54:48
at work: solar system objects (sun, planets and moons)
at home: siddesk, sidlap, sidbox, etc...
at home: siddesk, sidlap, sidbox, etc...
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: terroreek on 2014/05/15, 22:58:45
Post by: terroreek on 2014/05/15, 22:58:45
characters from star wars; darthvader, chewie, hansolo, yoda (nas), and for my white macbook I called it stormtrooper, which isn't really a character but meuh.
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: melmarker on 2014/05/16, 00:30:21
Post by: melmarker on 2014/05/16, 00:30:21
simply: "ramme" for my workstation, "lappi" for the laptop and "websrv" ...
Edith say: I have to admit, that "websvr" is the former "mistviech"
Edith say: I have to admit, that "websvr" is the former "mistviech"
Title: Re: What's your hostname?
Post by: spacepenguin on 2014/05/27, 18:28:05
Post by: spacepenguin on 2014/05/27, 18:28:05
Quote from: melmarker on 2014/05/16, 00:30:21*gg* And since you renamed it it is working fine I guess? ;)
Edith say: I have to admit, that "websvr" is the former "mistviech"