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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by moonleay@feddit.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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

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[-] Gobbel2000@feddit.de 350 points 11 months ago

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 11 months ago
[-] moonleay@feddit.de 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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 11 months ago

Post a proof screnshot please

[-] moonleay@feddit.de 56 points 11 months ago
[-] someonesmall@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

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[-] lud@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

Hostnames can be up to 64 characters long in Linux.

But should they?

^No

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago

I was scrolling to find something good like this

[-] sunred@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months 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 121 points 11 months ago
[-] SheeEttin@programming.dev 70 points 11 months ago

⻚⍿⯽⎻⾘⾄♎ⲱ⬆⒍Ⲑ

I hope all your stuff supports Unicode.

[-] hangukdise@lemmy.ml 41 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

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

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[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 62 points 11 months ago
[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago

senchurwion stwike him woughly

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

And throw him to the floor again sir?

[-] digehode@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

He has a wife, you know...

(Next server name: Incontinentia Buttocks)

[-] ulkesh@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago

…Incontinentia….Incontinentia buttocks.

[-] tedmustard@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I find this answer risible

[-] Davel23@kbin.social 50 points 11 months ago

Computey McComputerface.

[-] muse@kbin.social 49 points 11 months ago

HostyMcHostFace

[-] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 45 points 11 months ago

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 11 months ago

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

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago
[-] CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 months ago

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 10 months ago

The Expanse itches

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[-] zelifcam@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago
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[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

guillotine

[-] ChildEater@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 11 months ago

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

[-] embed_me@programming.dev 27 points 11 months ago
[-] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

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

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[-] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago
[-] technologicalcaveman@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago
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[-] burrito@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago
[-] allywilson@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago

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

[-] radix@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago
[-] tonyn@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

Necronomicon

[-] averyminya@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago

friendcredulous

Because it'd be annoying to type often

[-] bosco@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 10 months ago
[-] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago

ssh thebaby@issleeping

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago
[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

TurdFerguson

[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago
[-] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months 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.

[-] testman@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago
[-] fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 11 months ago
[-] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 6 points 11 months ago
[-] Stillhart@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

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

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[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago
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