What is the funniest/quirkiest hostname you've ever given to a Linux box, or phone? Nothing crude/dirty, please

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I needed to setup a Linux shell access host for admins to use as a passthru when off-campus to get access to firewall hosts. Named it, wait for it:
sh.it.xx.xxx
Quickly became know as ‘shit’, as in “Did you try logging into shit to get access?”

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I name all machines under my control after Alliance cities and towns from World of Warcraft. Servers are named after capital cities and everything else gets lesser towns.

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I use norse gods as my defaults, being scandinavian it just feels right.

Here’s a couple:

Desktop PC: odin
Primary Laptop: loke
Secondary laptop: heimdal

I’m not that creative when it comes to my ARM boards.
The ones I have running all the time includes:
on2-runner
rockpi4b-runner
rockpro64-runner
docker1

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I think I’m going to have to tweak some things and start naming my stuff after Discworld Characters.

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Good one too!! Can’t wait to see wich one will be called Nobby… XD

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I named a Linux box “chittles” once, which is a squirrel’s name. As in, that’s the sound a squirrel makes. Nobody around me appreciated the name, as their love of squirrels was nowhere close to my own.

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I don’t use real names on my workstation so for each of them it’s the same user “vader” on “death-star” for my desktop and “executor” (vader’s flagship) for my laptop.

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Chimera
God
MrFancyPantz
Messiah
TheShermanator
Arch-Beast (currently in use)

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Definitely the kid’s Chromebook

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1st set were characters from Robert A. Heinlein books. Currently using characters from David Eddings The Belgariad. In the process of redoing my homelab/network. Haven’t decided on a theme yet. I really like the idea of Terry Pratchett’s discworld. I may steal that idea!!! If I don’t find something I like better.

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I use “littlebyte” for the production laptop and “littlebit” for the netbooks.

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“ScootyPuffJr” or “ScootyPuffSr” for my OpenBSD machines

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I never thought about naming all my devices until I read this thread. I found the idea funny but couldn’t come up with something fitting. Until recently while talking TV shows with a colleague. One of my favourite show is Battlestar Galactica and it is perfect for two reasons :

  • my laptop is a MSI GE66 Dragonshield and Starbuck feels perfect as a name for it
  • we still have some Apple devices and Cylon names are also perfect (they want a better future for humanity… do they ? :sweat_smile:)
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I’ve never named my machines anything other than something that describes it’s physical hardware and/or role. But I’ve become inspired and I’ve created a list based on one of my favorite books “The Hobbit”

Breakfast
Second Breakfast
Elevenses
Luncheon
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
Supper

I don’t have many machines so the list is long enough.

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I name my devices after various literary and/or pop culture franchises. I’ve had characters from Dune, The Boys, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Harry Potter. Just depends on my mood.

My phone is currently named Black Noir.

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Names from the Department of Redundancy Department:

Black Noir = Black Black
Sahara Desert = Desert Desert
Lake Tanganyika = Lake Lake
Chai Tea = Tea Tea

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