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After nuking my old install, I am in need of a hostname. Top comment chooses it.

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[–] Gobbel2000@feddit.de 349 points 2 years ago (6 children)

lemmy.made.me.look.at.this.each.time.i.open.a.terminal

Hostnames can be up to 64 characters long in Linux.

[–] moonleay@feddit.de 34 points 2 years ago
[–] moonleay@feddit.de 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This 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.

[–] Deckweiss@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Post a proof screnshot please

[–] moonleay@feddit.de 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] someonesmall@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I appreciate you sticking to your word, but this is just stupid. Petition to change it to something sane

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago

I was scrolling to find something good like this

[–] sunred@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago

Most 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.

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[–] jlsalvador@lemmy.ml 120 points 2 years ago
[–] SheeEttin@programming.dev 70 points 2 years ago (3 children)

⻚⍿⯽⎻⾘⾄♎ⲱ⬆⒍Ⲑ

I hope all your stuff supports Unicode.

[–] hangukdise@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

oh look, another of Elon Musk's weirdly named children

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Needs to either visually or phonetically have an x or x like symbol though

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[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 62 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

senchurwion stwike him woughly

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

And throw him to the floor again sir?

[–] digehode@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

He has a wife, you know...

(Next server name: Incontinentia Buttocks)

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

…Incontinentia….Incontinentia buttocks.

[–] tedmustard@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I find this answer risible

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 50 points 2 years ago

Computey McComputerface.

[–] muse@kbin.social 48 points 2 years ago

HostyMcHostFace

[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 years ago (6 children)

With a username like this, I'd give all my hosts and servers moon names. Like the moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto).

[–] moonleay@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is genius! Why didn't I think if that before?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago
[–] CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most 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.

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[–] Lemonyoda@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

The Expanse itches

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[–] zelifcam@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

May I recommend the following, from the renown French physician, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin?

guillotine

[–] ChildEater@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 2 years ago

Oh this is good. Mine is just called pain-and-suffering atm

[–] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've got an old crappy laptop that's called craptop

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[–] embed_me@programming.dev 27 points 2 years ago
[–] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago
[–] technologicalcaveman@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] burrito@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago
[–] allywilson@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years ago

I wonder, what characters are allowed? $0 would be interesting, or even the fork-bomb classic.

[–] radix@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Necronomicon

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

friendcredulous

Because it'd be annoying to type often

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago
[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

TurdFerguson

[–] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

ssh thebaby@issleeping

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

My 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.

[–] bosco 7 points 1 year ago
[–] fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 2 years ago
[–] testman@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago
[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 6 points 2 years ago
[–] dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

"HPE Cray EX235a"

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I've always been partial to "wintermute". Not many people will get that reference these days.

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[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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