Top comment gets to choose my hostname
Top comment gets to choose my hostname
After nuking my old install, I am in need of a hostname. Top comment chooses it.
lemmy.made.me.look.at.this.each.time.i.open.a.terminal
Hostnames can be up to 64 characters long in Linux.
340 2 ReplyOh god
32 0 ReplyThis seems to be the most popular one, though I can't use it in the way its written here, because it will fuck up DNS. I'll substitute the dots with dashes and then it should work.
29 1 ReplyPost a proof screnshot please
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Hostnames can be up to 64 characters long in Linux.
But should they?
^No
11 0 ReplyI was scrolling to find something good like this
8 0 ReplyMost shells usually default to a truncated version of the hostname that only uses the hostname up to the first dot. Of course one can change that by setting the
PS1
env var and using (in case of bash)\H
instead of\h
.6 0 ReplyI tried with emojiea and it worked. what would break it though?
edit: nvm something broke after a reboot. neofetch reports the hostname as 'archlinux' instead of whatever is inside /etc/hostname. matlab drive connector reset and initializer dialog poped up which it did not do before.
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localhost
119 5 Replybiggusdickus
64 4 Replysenchurwion stwike him woughly
12 0 ReplyAnd throw him to the floor again sir?
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He has a wife, you know...
(Next server name: Incontinentia Buttocks)
8 0 ReplyI find this answer risible
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Computey McComputerface.
50 2 ReplyHostyMcHostFace
48 0 ReplyWith a username like this, I'd give all my hosts and servers moon names. Like the moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto).
44 0 ReplyThis is genius! Why didn't I think if that before?
10 0 ReplyMost people here suggested meme names, but that's actually a really great idea! And the names are pretty beautiful on top of that. I hope OP chooses this despite it being far from the top comment.
8 0 ReplyI'll use this in the future! I really like the idea!
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The Expanse itches
6 0 ReplyI’ve gone for colors for my servers and omelette ingredients for my VMs
3 0 ReplyUuuuh, weird, I love it!
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This made me go down a rabbit hole of server names and I now have a super long list of names from mostly Greek mythology that I'm going to use next time I have a chance
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May I recommend the following, from the renown French physician, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin?
guillotine
29 0 ReplyOh this is good. Mine is just called pain-and-suffering atm
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I've got an old crappy laptop that's called
craptop
28 0 ReplyMy $100 laptop is also the craptop! And my desktop running slackware is the slacktop.
3 0 ReplyLol. My good laptop is
komputilo
(esperanto for "computer")3 0 Reply
dont@me
24 0 Replylocalhost
19 1 Replyfuckspez
17 1 ReplyUser: ball
Host: sack17 1 ReplyOr user balls and host ck
4 0 ReplyI'm thinking of switching to debian, if I do imma use that
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I wonder, what characters are allowed?
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would be interesting, or even the fork-bomb classic.11 0 ReplyNecronomicon
10 0 Replyuwu
10 1 ReplyTurdFerguson
7 0 ReplyI named a raspi frank
7 0 ReplyMy desktop is named Gertrude :) it wasn't until later I noticed the case has a G on it (brand thing). It was meant to be.
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mclovin
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6 0 ReplyPC
6 0 ReplyI'm a PC 😉
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bepis
6 0 ReplyFucknugget
6 0 Replywin95
5 0 Replybzzt
5 0 Replyjank
5 0 ReplyI've always been partial to "wintermute". Not many people will get that reference these days.
5 0 ReplyUmmon would be pretty good too.
2 0 ReplyI understood this reference
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toaster
5 0 Reply"HPE Cray EX235a"
4 0 Replylemmiwinks
4 0 Replyasdf
4 0 Replybenderbendingrodriguez
4 0 Reply8hz-wan-ip
4 0 ReplyMy current hostnames:
- baconaxe
- cooking-phasers
- quokka-infiltrator
- ol-shoeface
3 0 Replymoonleay is already fairly cool - maybe use that!?:-P
3 0 Replygroundzero
3 0 Replymoonleay@home
2 0 ReplyReddthat
😅
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2 0 Replycrinjor
2 0 ReplyM$SUCKS
2 4 ReplyLinux is more than an Antiwindows
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