What host names do you use?

[Guest]

I guess with planets it always comes down to that funny one at some point

[coldmoon@sh.itjust.works]

References to The Dark Tower or Murakami characters.

[thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz]

Every computer I own is an autobot. My primary machine is always Optimus Prime, has been since 2008. Other machines get other names generally slightly inspired by their role / nature. Bumblebee and CliffJumper are miniPCs of various persuasions, Preceptor is my "mess around with AI" box, my big server that handles most of my data and network services is Wheeljack, my Macbook is Mirage, my backup server is Powerglide, my TV (which is an old Dell all in One running Linux Mint) is UltraMagnus.

[nomad@infosec.pub]

Used to be names from Neuromancer like "ono-sendai" and variations of that.

Now laptop is "flat", server is named after it's purpose like log, mail, mon, hosting, storage, etc.

[Guest]

I originally named all my hardware after members of the Wu-Tang Clan plus some close affiliates, but I actually ran out of names, so now I use MFDOOM aliases for my workstations, and keep Wu-Tang for infrastructure, because it's for the children.

[notgold@aussie.zone]

First non negative integer so easy for computer to display.

I only really use zero in networking names to correspond with an IPv4 address that ends with dot zero.

I think it's just what you're used to. Like counting bottom to top in teleco versus counting top to bottom in IT.

[Guest]

I use the names of greek deities for my host names, mostly geared towards the function of the server/computer.

• Nyx (dark-blue laptop)
• Hypnos (gaming machine)
• Argus (pi-hole and reverse proxy)
• Prometheus (minecraft server)

[fleetingtit@feddit.org]

Why limit yourself to the penguins?

[caseyweederman@lemmy.ca]

I take a word that's related to the purpose of the new host and put it in an online translator and cycle through languages until I get something cool.

[caseyweederman@lemmy.ca]

My two wifi bands have always been Castor and Pollux.

[merthyr1831@lemmy.ml]

I just memorise the IPs lmao. then again I only have 1 or 2 hosts up on my network ever

[carrot@lemmy.today]

I have been saving that one for when I get a framework laptop

[deebster@infosec.pub]

What names has this process come up with?

[Guest]

For my servers I try to use names from the Final Fantasy universe. Lately been focusing on FFXI end game bosses.

Kirin (opnsense firewall)
Byakko (proxmox host)
Tiamat (proxmox backup)
Shiva (Nas)

The only clever virtual machine names I care to brag about are:
DockBox (VM running docker)
Jellxc (proxmox lxc running jellyfin)

[Guest]

I self-host for learning and fun. So I name my home servers with the car names.

Server	Hostname	car name
RaspberryPi	cooper	Mini Cooper
Old Laptop	Raptor	Ford F150 Raptor
PC	Hummer	Hummer

[clif@lemmy.world]

Yeah... I should expand. The penguins are just my favorite part of those movies and it matches the Linux motif that I started with yet falls apart, you know, when I name a windows laptop rico-w : P

[plutoniumacid@lemmy.world]

Just to the left of Demimoore.

[hyperfocussurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Characters from the Murderbot Dairies, mostly

• main laptop (t480 currently) -- Murderbot;
• previous main laptop (x270) -- MB20;
• homeserver -- ART;
• a TV box running armbian -- Miki;
• t440p is currently Behemoth (from Bulgakov's "Мастер и Маргарита"), although I'll probably rename it to Holism;
• x230t -- Three;
• a random thin client I occasionally use to test stuff is yogurt (from" love, death & robots"), not sure if I'll rename them.