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What host names do you use?

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  • A [email protected]

    I use some generic names.

    • Phone: phone
    • Current Laptop: fedora
    • Old laptop: laptop
    • Router: openwrt
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    #51

    Lol, it's 20x easier when you're looking at a dump from nmap.

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    • kelo@lemmy.worldK [email protected]

      They're all some kind of machine.
      Steam deck: SteamMachineryV1

      PC: ArchMachineryV2

      Phone: Android_μMachine

      Oddly enough my server goes by MonoVerse, which I named first and I guess it just stuck.

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      #52

      Lol, my server goes by "nas"

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      • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

        Hi fellow selfhosters!

        What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
        And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

        I'll start:
        Steam Deck: krax
        Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
        MiniPC: krux
        Reserved for future use: krex & krox

        Creative, I know. 😅
        The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

        I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
         
         
         

        Now let your pants down and tell me all about

        your embarrassing host names!

        tal@lemmy.todayT This user is from outside of this forum
        tal@lemmy.todayT This user is from outside of this forum
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        wrote on last edited by
        #53

        Three-letter names that can be typed with one hand, since I have to type them frequently.

        $ egrep "^([qwertasdfgzxcvb]{3}|[yuiophjkllnm]{3})$" /usr/share/dict/words
        
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        • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

          Hi fellow selfhosters!

          What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
          And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

          I'll start:
          Steam Deck: krax
          Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
          MiniPC: krux
          Reserved for future use: krex & krox

          Creative, I know. 😅
          The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

          I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
           
           
           

          Now let your pants down and tell me all about

          your embarrassing host names!

          tal@lemmy.todayT This user is from outside of this forum
          tal@lemmy.todayT This user is from outside of this forum
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          wrote on last edited by
          #54

          Reserved for future use: krex & krox

          Poor "kryx".

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          • L [email protected]

            I name mine after space! Earth, Moon, Mars, Saturn, etc...

            swab148@startrek.websiteS This user is from outside of this forum
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            wrote on last edited by
            #55

            You're naming them out of the stuff that specifically isn't space!

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            • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

              Hi fellow selfhosters!

              What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
              And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

              I'll start:
              Steam Deck: krax
              Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
              MiniPC: krux
              Reserved for future use: krex & krox

              Creative, I know. 😅
              The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

              I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
               
               
               

              Now let your pants down and tell me all about

              your embarrassing host names!

              anunusualrelic@lemmy.worldA This user is from outside of this forum
              anunusualrelic@lemmy.worldA This user is from outside of this forum
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              wrote on last edited by
              #56

              My only currently active machine is a laptop named buttwarmer as per my cat's suggestion.

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              • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                Hi fellow selfhosters!

                What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
                And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

                I'll start:
                Steam Deck: krax
                Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
                MiniPC: krux
                Reserved for future use: krex & krox

                Creative, I know. 😅
                The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

                I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
                 
                 
                 

                Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                your embarrassing host names!

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                wrote on last edited by
                #57

                @Krik devnull, devzero, devrandom
                obv, devnull runs fileserver

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                • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                  Hi fellow selfhosters!

                  What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
                  And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

                  I'll start:
                  Steam Deck: krax
                  Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
                  MiniPC: krux
                  Reserved for future use: krex & krox

                  Creative, I know. 😅
                  The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

                  I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
                   
                   
                   

                  Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                  your embarrassing host names!

                  brighteast@lemmy.worldB This user is from outside of this forum
                  brighteast@lemmy.worldB This user is from outside of this forum
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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #58

                  Fictional planet names (mostly early Star Wars because I’m old): Dantooine, Naboo, Tatooine, Jabba (not a planet, but server for “data storage” hence smuggler reference), Bespin and odd one out Arrakis (laptop).

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                  • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                    Hi fellow selfhosters!

                    What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
                    And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

                    I'll start:
                    Steam Deck: krax
                    Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
                    MiniPC: krux
                    Reserved for future use: krex & krox

                    Creative, I know. 😅
                    The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

                    I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
                     
                     
                     

                    Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                    your embarrassing host names!

                    marighost@lemm.eeM This user is from outside of this forum
                    marighost@lemm.eeM This user is from outside of this forum
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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #59

                    My devices are cringely named after songs in Haken's discography.

                    Desktop is MESSIAH.
                    Laptop is AFFINITY.
                    Phone is NIGHTINGALE.
                    Steam Deck is SHAPESHIFTER.
                    Router (and its WAP) is PORTALS.
                    My NAS is the only one that falls outside of this, it's generically (last name)NetNAS. I should rename it, but I don't want to break anything 😅

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                    • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                      Hi fellow selfhosters!

                      What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
                      And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

                      I'll start:
                      Steam Deck: krax
                      Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
                      MiniPC: krux
                      Reserved for future use: krex & krox

                      Creative, I know. 😅
                      The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

                      I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
                       
                       
                       

                      Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                      your embarrassing host names!

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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #60

                      I am a simple person.

                      My PC: Panda
                      My wifes PC: notpanda
                      Docker VM: dockerhost.home

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                      • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                        Hi fellow selfhosters!

                        What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
                        And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

                        I'll start:
                        Steam Deck: krax
                        Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
                        MiniPC: krux
                        Reserved for future use: krex & krox

                        Creative, I know. 😅
                        The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

                        I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
                         
                         
                         

                        Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                        your embarrassing host names!

                        J This user is from outside of this forum
                        J This user is from outside of this forum
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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #61

                        All of mine are animals, chosen similar to their functions (ie my 2-in-1 is "weasel", my Chimera VM buildhost is a busy/hard-working "beaver" (busy "bumblebee" was taken by my old Gentoo binhost VM), "orca" is my media server (big black PC case), "bluejay" is my rpi (tiny, in a blue TARDIS case), etc.

                        It's fun! (I have too many computers.)

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                        • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                          Hi fellow selfhosters!

                          What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
                          And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

                          I'll start:
                          Steam Deck: krax
                          Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
                          MiniPC: krux
                          Reserved for future use: krex & krox

                          Creative, I know. 😅
                          The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

                          I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
                           
                           
                           

                          Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                          your embarrassing host names!

                          M This user is from outside of this forum
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                          wrote on last edited by
                          #62

                          At home, colors
                          Whatever color the purpose is.

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                          • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                            Hi fellow selfhosters!

                            What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
                            And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

                            I'll start:
                            Steam Deck: krax
                            Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
                            MiniPC: krux
                            Reserved for future use: krex & krox

                            Creative, I know. 😅
                            The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

                            I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
                             
                             
                             

                            Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                            your embarrassing host names!

                            M This user is from outside of this forum
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                            wrote on last edited by
                            #63

                            All swearwords, all the time. Generally puns on the servers purpose.

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                            • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                              Hi fellow selfhosters!

                              What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
                              And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

                              I'll start:
                              Steam Deck: krax
                              Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
                              MiniPC: krux
                              Reserved for future use: krex & krox

                              Creative, I know. 😅
                              The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

                              I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
                               
                               
                               

                              Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                              your embarrassing host names!

                              atheartengineer@lemmy.worldA This user is from outside of this forum
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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #64

                              All my personal devices are named "AHE"+n. So the abbreviation for "at heart engineer"+ a letter signifying the device. So my phone is "AHEM", my laptop is "AHEL", my desktop is "aheo" (O for office), my server is "ahes".

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                              • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                                Hi fellow selfhosters!

                                What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
                                And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

                                I'll start:
                                Steam Deck: krax
                                Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
                                MiniPC: krux
                                Reserved for future use: krex & krox

                                Creative, I know. 😅
                                The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

                                I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
                                 
                                 
                                 

                                Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                                your embarrassing host names!

                                higgsboson@dubvee.orgH This user is from outside of this forum
                                higgsboson@dubvee.orgH This user is from outside of this forum
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                                wrote on last edited by
                                #65

                                My first computer job was at a college that used names from ancient history and mythology. So I mostly still do that. Medea is my plex server. Zeus and Hera are the hosts for docker and VMs. Heimdall is the router.

                                The only break in the pattern is my storage, which is currently NASC and NASD...

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                                • 30p87@feddit.org3 [email protected]

                                  Desktop: 30p87
                                  Laptop: 30p87-laptop
                                  Phone: 30p87-phone
                                  Server: 30p87-server
                                  DNS server at location bv: 30p87-dns-bv
                                  DNS server at location db: 30p87-dns-db

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                                  #66

                                  Very German of you.

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                                  • lnxtx@feddit.nlL [email protected]

                                    Not yet 😅

                                    I had a scunthorpe.

                                    higgsboson@dubvee.orgH This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    #67

                                    I skimmed that article but didnt get the joke until I came back. BRB, making a new gmail account.

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                                    • ? Guest

                                      Desktop: HAL9000

                                      laptop: HALjr

                                      Phone: HALnano

                                      Then HALserver, HALprinter (octoprint), HALhome (home assistant) and so on... Big fan of Stanley Kubrick haha

                                      Tried to get the hal9.ooo domain name but it was taken...

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                                      #68

                                      My PC was HAL_9000 for over a decade. It got tedious to type, so it's now just "box."

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                                      • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                                        Hi fellow selfhosters!

                                        What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
                                        And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

                                        I'll start:
                                        Steam Deck: krax
                                        Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
                                        MiniPC: krux
                                        Reserved for future use: krex & krox

                                        Creative, I know. 😅
                                        The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

                                        I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.
                                         
                                         
                                         

                                        Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                                        your embarrassing host names!

                                        clemax@lemm.eeC This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        • higgsboson@dubvee.orgH [email protected]

                                          My PC was HAL_9000 for over a decade. It got tedious to type, so it's now just "box."

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                                          Ha I like it. Yeah I skipped the underscore/hyphen for that reason.

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