Mimicing a thread I saw elsewhere.
I generally use this list to name my machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mythological_objects
For my main server I use loeding: a modified version of Lædingr, a chain forged by Thor to bind and were broken by Fenrir. (Norse Mythology)
Basically all mine are from this list (or similar) Star Wars planet list
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters AP WiFi Access Point DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network DNS Domain Name Service/System IP Internet Protocol LXC Linux Containers NAS Network-Attached Storage NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV) PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole) RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC SBC Single-Board Computer VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity Zigbee Wireless mesh network for low-power devices
15 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.
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My stuff is named after planets / ships in Star wars.
Server is coruscant
Desktop is malastare
Laptop is anaxes
Portable hard drives are ships
My first networked computer, on an AppleTalk network was called “()/)/)()”
It was an Apple Macintosh IIci.
It had that name for less than five minutes. That’s how long it took the network manager to find me and demand that I rename it to something that didn’t appear at the top of the Chooser, since that’s where the ADMIN NetWare server should be.
He suggested “ob1”, and that’s what it has been and continues to be for the past 32 years. My laptop became ob2.
Servers under my custody are called short words, generally four characters or less unless they’re disposable and they don’t get a name beyond what the installation process creates.
Edit: Oops, one too many slashes. Fixed.
That first name is despicable, I love it
what does “()/)/)/()” mean?
Take note of my username and then squint at it.
lol, /) kinda does spell A instead of N. But I get it, it’s creative, nice.
|\| N
OAAIO?
I just spotted an extraneous slash. I fixed my comment. Hopefully that clears up any confusion.
OAAO?
You’re going to kick yourself in a moment…
What is my name?
Edit: it seems that names are not always visible on Lemmy. If you’re playing at home, my name is Onno.
This has big “lol tell me your mother’s maiden name and your first pet and I’ll tel you what Harry Potter house you belong to!” Energy.
Nice try, NSA.
Let’s invent password reveal day instead.
Normally I don’t change the names that the distribution gives to the hostname, but I’ve been thinking for a while about changing the names to mythological gods or Latin tree names only for server and SBC.
The only server for which I have changed the host name is now
r5700server.r5700for the processor (Ryzen 7 5700), andserverbecause it’s a server.I don’t name my machines anything special, but I’ve started naming my internal hard drives/samba shares after planets, and external drives after moons.
I’m a Sysadmin, so my names are purely functional:
host-pmx-01 through 03, my 3 node Proxmox cluster
vm-[SERVICE], optional 01-03 if needed
ct-[SERVICE], for LXC containers
It makes it easy to reference things via DNS for service discovery.
