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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 9 months 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 9 months ago
[–] moonleay@feddit.de 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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 9 months ago (1 children)

Post a proof screnshot please

[–] moonleay@feddit.de 56 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] someonesmall@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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 9 months ago

Hostnames can be up to 64 characters long in Linux.

But should they?

^No

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 9 months ago

I was scrolling to find something good like this

[–] sunred@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 9 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 9 months ago
[–] SheeEttin@programming.dev 70 points 9 months ago (3 children)

⻚⍿⯽⎻⾘⾄♎ⲱ⬆⒍Ⲑ

I hope all your stuff supports Unicode.

[–] hangukdise@lemmy.ml 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 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 9 months ago (4 children)
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

senchurwion stwike him woughly

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

And throw him to the floor again sir?

[–] digehode@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

He has a wife, you know...

(Next server name: Incontinentia Buttocks)

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago

…Incontinentia….Incontinentia buttocks.

[–] tedmustard@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I find this answer risible

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 50 points 9 months ago

Computey McComputerface.

[–] muse@kbin.social 48 points 9 months ago

HostyMcHostFace

[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 45 points 9 months 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 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago
[–] CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 9 months 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 9 months ago

The Expanse itches

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[–] zelifcam@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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

guillotine

[–] ChildEater@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 9 months ago

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

[–] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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

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[–] embed_me@programming.dev 27 points 9 months ago
[–] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago
[–] technologicalcaveman@kbin.social 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] burrito@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago
[–] allywilson@sopuli.xyz 12 points 9 months ago

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

[–] radix@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago

Necronomicon

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 9 points 9 months ago

friendcredulous

Because it'd be annoying to type often

[–] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 7 points 9 months ago

ssh thebaby@issleeping

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 5 points 9 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.

[–] bosco@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 9 months ago
[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago
[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

TurdFerguson

[–] fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 9 months ago
[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 6 points 9 months ago
[–] testman@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago
[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months 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 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

"HPE Cray EX235a"

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