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)
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.
My Raspberry Pi is named ‘raspberrypi’. I’m very creative.
I have a pi4b called pi4b, a server called Server, an OMV server called OMV and an ARR server called… Arr
Nice try, NSA.
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 router is called Jupiter, everything connected to it is named after a moon. Callisto, Ganymede, Thelxinoe, Kallichore are what I’m currently using.
