Mastodawn

Richard McWizard Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters I try to find a fitting word that comes out comprehensible when I apply rot13, sometimes reversing the letters to help, so for instance I once had an Alienware named Arvyn. Getting vowels is the hard part, needs to have some of "n r v b h l"
However, my home server is simply "rustbucket" because that's what it is :)

Richard McWizard Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters speaking of, Revan comes out of rot13 quite pleasantly as Erina, I kinda like that!

@Qenupve @linuxmatters Definitely a different approach to name creation 👍

TheWK

Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters I am naming mine after ships, stations or place from Star Trek, for example my MacBook Air is called Voyager, my Thinkpad is Defiant

@thewk @linuxmatters A classic goto for host names 😀

thedoctor Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters What are the names of your other machines then?

@thedoctor @linuxmatters Vader, Phasma, Tanis and Malak.

I dual boot a couple of laptops, they have the Sith Lord as Linux host name and the non-Sith identity for "other" OS.

ThinkPad P1: palatine (Windows) and sidious (NixOS)

Macbook Air: dooku (macOS) and tyranus (NixOS)

thedoctor Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters Wow, that's actually awesome!

Dwosky Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters I use a simple incremental number, like Iron Man Mark suits, mine are Project X, where X is the number of the build.

@dwosky @linuxmatters So simple. No need to start looking up sci-fi fiction lore when you get a new computer. Effecient 👌

Michael Guntsche Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy first names of HHGTTG characters.

@michaelguntsche Aah. Fond memories of my first job where all the UNIX servers had this same naming convention 😁

Stephen Ward Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters my machines are usually Dr. Who companions but my first ever home server was 'Servalan' #Blakes7

@aukondk @linuxmatters Props for the Blake's 7 reference 😃 Companion names is a good idea too.

filviu Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters star trek ships and instalations for me.

@filviu @linuxmatters A well established classic approach 👍

Nick Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters I go with places so my prompt looks like a location. nick@thebeach (mini server), nick@thecrag (laptop) and nick@thedesk (desktop)

@NickAnEngineer @linuxmatters I like this approach 🏖️🪨

HankB Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters Trees, for a long while. Raspberry Pis were generally named for raspberry varieties. Ephemeral Pis now get named for subatomic particles.

My laptop was Tachi when it was new and ran Windows and now it's Rocinante. When it was new, I was enjoying The Expanse. A lot. (And there are no trees in space.)

@HankB @linuxmatters I like the trees inspired system 🌳🌲🌴

https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1

Mitch Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters I use the robot characters from the long running webcomic #QuestionableContent

Questionable Content

@mitchkiah @linuxmatters Another novel approach 💫

@wimpy Buffy characters! A computer naming scheme started while season 2 was on telly. Although 25 years in, I'm starting to run out of names :)

@sil During lockdow I watched Buffy with my daughter 🧛‍♀️ Do you not recycle names you've used from decades ago?

@wimpy I do not. I've thought about it a couple of times, usually while being annoyed that I used up all the good names yonks ago, but it seems faintly like cheating :)

@sil So no "sil@ buffy" for you then 😭

Had to add that space to prevent tagging people 😁

@wimpy ha! Not since about 1999 :) Current machines are oz, ethan, cordelia, and magicbox (technically not a character, but it's the microserver, so it's where they all meet up :))

@sil Those microservers endure. When the heat death of the universe is upon us, an HP microserver will be the last box standing 💥

@wimpy mine is so old, and is still running 100% fine. I didn't even buy it new, I bought it off @popey :)

Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs Jun 22, 2024

@sil did you ever see Four Star Mary (aka FSM+Seth Green = "Dingos Ate My Baby") when they toured the UK? Really lovely bunch, plus turned out on the last tour that the Bass Guitarist was CTO for the dating-adjacent website that I met my now-wife on!

@JonTheNiceGuy I did not! good to hear they were good peeps

gram Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters

I name computers after fictional AIs and robots: I already have shodan, glados, wheatley, and hal9000.

I name hard drives and flash drives after LotR characters: I have gandalf, aragorn, legolas, elrond, and sam.

@orsinium @linuxmatters I know someone else who use robots as there naming convention 🤖

Iain Cuthbertson Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters currently picking from the list of fictional computer names on Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_computers - for physical servers: Marvin, Merlin, Multivac, Colossus, Vger.
Laptops and desktops are the person who uses it and what the device is, eg iain-fw16

List of fictional computers - Wikipedia

Cadair Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy
Welsh words, generally translated from a related English word, although often also placenames.
@linuxmatters

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters household furniture. Router is cupboard, because it's in one. Server is bookcase, because it's for neatly arranging things. Laptops are carpet (it's big and wide) and frame (because it's a @frameworkcomputer ). Media box is pi (as in dish). Desktop is lego because it's surrounded by it. In the past we've had wopr (because it'd make a great table) and basket (it was a bad of a thinker)

Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters servers generally get boring descriptive names like "dispatch" (because it forwards traffic to other hosts etc) but laptops, they get proper names, the last three (oldest first) were "Monolith" because it was a giant slab, "Microlith" because it was smaller, but still slabish, and "Slate" because it was tiny by comparison and had a removable keyboard.

Walter Jevack Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters Doctor Who actor last names. They all belong to the workgroup Tardis.

@thewalt @linuxmatters Nice system, I like it 👍

Matt (It's really me) Hartley Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters This is really cool! I like the idea of this. Clever.

Ertain Jun 22, 2024

@wimpy I name my devices after things from Norse mythology.

Steven Deobald Jun 23, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters in my youth? sideline pepsi variations: crystal, kona, twist, blue, etc.

in my nominal adulthood? pāli numbers, in latin characters sans diacritics, based on the size of the computer: catu (चतू), solasa (सोळस), etc.

@deobald @linuxmatters That is the most unusual system I've seen so far 🌟

Shawn Jun 23, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters the expanse series space ships. My lan domain is .mcrn. Most of my machines are refurbished or from dumpsters and therefore each is a ‘legit salvage’.

@shawn @linuxmatters The Expanse has been mentioned several times as the inspiration for host naming. I've seen it so I've put it on my watch list 📺

Shawn Jun 23, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters the show is pretty close but it is not the same as the books. I would say do the audio books or books if you can.

marosg Jun 23, 2024

@wimpy @linuxmatters only after more than year in job I learned all our servers (tens of them) were named after pokemons. I never watched Pokémon and I knew only Pikachu. None of the servers was named that. I was explained in excruciating details there are generations and we are at generation whatever.

@marosg @linuxmatters Like you I know nothing about Poke on other than it's a thing people like