How do you name your computers?

JadElClemens · 2016-02-29 05:52:44

Sup eeforums,

What naming themes/schemes do you use for your computer hostnames?

Back when I only had one computer, its hostname was TFco (a remnant of my middle school days). Then, when I got a laptop, my desktop's hostname was Colinthea and my laptop's hostname was Alheria (more middle school stuff). Now that I've got two more laptops, my desktop is Kyouko, my laptop is Sayaka, and my two Thinkpads are Madoka and Homura (and my phone is Mami, but that doesn't matter so much).

What schemes do you guys use?

!nb4

Xfrogman43 · 2016-02-29 06:09:06

Default because it doesn't matter

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Onjit · 2016-02-29 06:57:48

Xfrogman43 wrote:

Default because it doesn't matter

also I'm not a huge NERD
well not as much of a nerd as you are

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Different55 · 2016-02-29 07:07:02

Xfrogman43 wrote:

Default because it doesn't matter

It doesn't matter but it sure helps if you're connecting computers over LAN to copy files or something. "BestBurrito" is a lot easier to remember than "192.168.1.25"

I name them after Taco Bell food items. This computer I'm sitting at rn is "BossWrap", the laptop I gave to my sister was "AMCrunchWrap", my old desktop was "Quesarito", and my old old desktop was "Beefy5Layer".

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AlphaJon · 2016-02-29 12:45:37

I used to name them simply "PC", then I realised that when you have "PC" all over your LAN it becomes a huge mess to recognize the good one. Also, the android-<insert random large hex code> things cause the same problem, because I'm not going to take everyone of my guests' phones to rename 'em

Different55

ewoke · 2016-02-29 17:23:00

myname-PC
myname-Laptop

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Different55 · 2016-02-29 17:32:19

AlphaJon wrote:

I used to name them simply "PC", then I realised that when you have "PC" all over your LAN it becomes a huge mess to recognize the good one. Also, the android-<insert random large hex code> things cause the same problem, because I'm not going to take everyone of my guests' phones to rename 'em

Right, I forgot my phone. My phone is now Doritos.

AlphaJon

2016-02-29 18:03:23

My PC admin's account is just my surname and nothing else. If it's required I just use it as "PC-[my-IRL-surname-even-though-you-can't-stalk-me-through-it-and-i-think-it's-a-cool-surname-uuh-i'm-not-going-to-include-it-here].
Unless you meant actually naming your devices IRL like if they were your pets or something, personally that sounds very cringey for me.

Different55 · 2016-02-29 19:14:45

0176 wrote:

My PC admin's account is just my surname and nothing else. If it's required I just use it as "PC-[my-IRL-surname-even-though-you-can't-stalk-me-through-it-and-i-think-it's-a-cool-surname-uuh-i'm-not-going-to-include-it-here].
Unless you meant actually naming your devices IRL like if they were your pets or something, personally that sounds very cringey for me.

He means hostname, which basically is a name for the computer like you said, but it has a purpose. If you had a file server on your home WiFi network, other devices connected to the same network can connect to your computer using the local IP or the hostname. If you do any file sharing or connecting if any kind between devices, it's a lot easier to remember "Quesarito" than to have to look up and remember "192.168.1.42".

Kaslai · 2016-02-29 19:37:27

Kaslai-Winblows
Kaslai-Work
Kaslai-Loonix
Kaslai-Phone
Kaslai-Laptop

Simple and memorable

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Anak · 2016-02-29 19:55:28

NICKIMINAJ

JadElClemens · 2016-02-29 21:27:21

Xfrogman43 wrote:

Default because it doesn't matter

What exactly is the "Default?" Or do you literally mean "Default?"

Different55 wrote:

I name them after Taco Bell food items. This computer I'm sitting at rn is "BossWrap", the laptop I gave to my sister was "AMCrunchWrap", my old desktop was "Quesarito", and my old old desktop was "Beefy5Layer".

That's pretty baller, fam.

Different55 wrote:

0176 wrote:
[...] Unless you meant actually naming your devices IRL like if they were your pets or something, personally that sounds very cringey for me.
He means hostname, which basically is a name for the computer like you said, but it has a purpose.

This tbh fam (ngl);

Different55 wrote:

If you had a file server on your home WiFi network, other devices connected to the same network can connect to your computer using the local IP or the hostname. If you do any file sharing or connecting if any kind between devices, it's a lot easier to remember "Quesarito" than to have to look up and remember "192.168.1.42".

I can't wait to live off campus. On the campus network my machines don't resolve each others' hostnames (and I don't want to bother with dnsmasq on my desktop).

2016-03-01 03:31:30

Different55 wrote:

0176 wrote:
My PC admin's account is just my surname and nothing else. If it's required I just use it as "PC-[my-IRL-surname-even-though-you-can't-stalk-me-through-it-and-i-think-it's-a-cool-surname-uuh-i'm-not-going-to-include-it-here].
Unless you meant actually naming your devices IRL like if they were your pets or something, personally that sounds very cringey for me.
He means hostname, which basically is a name for the computer like you said, but it has a purpose. If you had a file server on your home WiFi network, other devices connected to the same network can connect to your computer using the local IP or the hostname. If you do any file sharing or connecting if any kind between devices, it's a lot easier to remember "Quesarito" than to have to look up and remember "192.168.1.42".

Eeek. I'm not rich enough to own multiple devices like you all and too lazy to do that kind of thing anyway.

Xfrogman43 · 2016-03-01 03:47:33

Different55 wrote:

It doesn't matter but it sure helps if you're connecting computers over LAN to copy files or something.

Well I don't even use LAN so I'm fine

JadElClemens wrote:

What exactly is the "Default?" Or do you literally mean "Default?"

What I mean is the one it comes with without anybody changing it. But "Default" is good too.

JadElClemens · 2016-03-01 04:54:03

Xfrogman43 wrote:

Different55 wrote:
It doesn't matter but it sure helps if you're connecting computers over LAN to copy files or something.
Well I don't even use LAN so I'm fine

Unless your computer is directly connected to WAN (and has an internal modem), you do indeed use LAN.

Different55 · 2016-03-01 05:42:20

0176 wrote:

Different55 wrote:
0176 wrote:
My PC admin's account is just my surname and nothing else. If it's required I just use it as "PC-[my-IRL-surname-even-though-you-can't-stalk-me-through-it-and-i-think-it's-a-cool-surname-uuh-i'm-not-going-to-include-it-here].
Unless you meant actually naming your devices IRL like if they were your pets or something, personally that sounds very cringey for me.
He means hostname, which basically is a name for the computer like you said, but it has a purpose. If you had a file server on your home WiFi network, other devices connected to the same network can connect to your computer using the local IP or the hostname. If you do any file sharing or connecting if any kind between devices, it's a lot easier to remember "Quesarito" than to have to look up and remember "192.168.1.42".
Eeek. I'm not rich enough to own multiple devices like you all and too lazy to do that kind of thing anyway.

Lol I'm not even rich. Most of these I got for free (laptop), or crazy cheap (old desktop), 15 years ago (old old desktop), or after saving up money for a long time (new desktop). But yeah naming your computer is definitely a textbook #FirstWorldProblem, or maybe it's #JustLinuxThings since most linux distros will ask you for a hostname while installing, while Windows and OS X assume that you want "WIN-AEWRGOIAHEOGI" or "YourNameHere's-MacBook.local".

JadElClemens

drunkbnu · 2016-03-01 19:40:59

alejandro-laptop

JadElClemens

Koya · 2016-03-01 20:16:39

I name them after Futurama characters.

JadElClemens

Pingohits · 2016-03-01 22:10:55

Koya wrote:

I name them after Futurama characters.

is bender the windows 98 desktop with a cracked screen and fourteen malwares installed?

Processor · 2016-03-01 23:05:59

I use female names, my current PC is called Vanessa.

some woman, abdull1

Koya · 2016-03-01 23:32:13

Pingohits wrote:

Koya wrote:
I name them after Futurama characters.
is bender the windows 98 desktop with a cracked screen and fourteen malwares installed?

I'm saving Bender for an amazing laptop - portable robot.

skullz17 · 2016-03-02 21:04:56

My default names aren't confusing, they're just "LENOVO" or "DELL" or "OUTLAW".

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