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I've ended up with a number of machines on my network, and a need to name them all in a somewhat logical way. For several years I had them named after the planets, which worked well until the PCs for myself, my girlfriend, servers and Raspberry Pi's quickly summed up to more than the eight planets. I've broadened it somewhat to include any Greek/Roman mythological figure, but the system is definitely not as clean as it used to be.

Do you have a coordinated naming theme for your machines?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use futhark runes for my machines and set an ASCII representation of the rune symbol as the /etc/{issue,motd}

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds like you could start using the names of moons. But a pantheon does sound like a good system too, should also include the titans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I started with Die Hard characters (Hansgruber, NakatomiVault for Nas, John McClane, etc) but lately have been doing Back to the Future. I've got a Marty McFly, DocBrown (old server), and BiffTannen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Usually just names/lyrics of my favorite songs
iPhone: ByeByeBaby
AirPods: You're on your own, kid
Laptop: InnerMonologue
Except just for fun, I named my HomePod Cortana

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Also some kind of Machinery. "GameMachine" for my Xbox "BigMachine" for my PC "MiniMachine" for my Phone "MicroMachine" for my Pi

Except my small 2-in-1 Laptop. That's "decepticon". Because it's an Asus Transformer Book.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Not just for devices but also my hard drives, I use the names of stars. For example Rigel or Betelgeuse

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

My devices are all named after things from the Star Wars universe, in particular:

  • Stationary computers are named after planets (my "main" PC is Coruscant, the old "main" that was Coruscant before is now Corellia, etc.)
  • Laptops are named after mega-stations (DeathStarI, DeathStarII, Starkiller, etc.)
  • Tablets and comparable sized devices are named after giant starships like the Super Star Destroyers (Executor, Lusankya, KnightHammer, etc.)
  • Mobile phones are named after regular sized starships (like Tydirium, TantiveIV, SlaveI, EbonHawk, etc.)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

pi

pi3

pi3v2

space

fusion

magnet

qdivision

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Different Japanese food from this list, cause they are delicious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I do robots from video games, movies, TV shows, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Royal-Cat-(Computer type)

for example, Royal-Cat-PC or Royal-Cat-iPhone

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