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)
All my machines are named after Autobots.
Same, though I’ve got a couple Decepticons sprinkled in. They all connect to the Allspark ssid.
Devices at home are named after Autobots and remote devices are named after Deceptions.
My first server was called xenon because I misread Xeon for Xenon but I decided to stick with it. My new server is called argon. For beefy servers I will now go with noble gases. Now that I think about it maybe I will use other elements in the future. Bismut sounds cool.
I have only one cloud VM and called it firstborn. 🤷
All my PCs get names I like Aveline, Elisabeth, Amanda, Eve…
I have yet to decide on a naming scheme for mobile phones.
Networking hardware gets descriptive names for their location and purpose.
Periodic table names best names
Anonymous-Proxy
nuc because it is a nuc and vps because it is a vps.
At home my systems use Star Wars planet names like Naboo, Coruscant, etc.
At work we use Game of Thrones characters (and we’ve somehow exhausted that list…)
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I used to have an old laptop stuck in a corner just running Transmission. I called that
Seed
because that was its sole purpose. Its replacement is fully automated *arr and media server, making it both seed and vault, so I had to call itSpitsbergen
(reference)All my machines are named on some variation of David Bowie albums. Outside - my laptop, Blackstar - server 1, Stardust - server 2, etc.
I don’t really name my servers anything special (just hperrin-server, smtp1, smtp2, etc), but I like to name my projects after figures in Greek mythology.
Pipi caca
- My self-hosted docker server is called Ark.
- My NAS is called NAS.
- The two remote servers are simply called the name of the country they reside in.
- The OPNsense router is called, wait for it, Router.
- The TV client is called TV.
It’s not very colourful :)
I use Roman deities. My recent Beelink purchase received the name Mellona. I thought it was fitting. Others have no relevance, just random, like Pluto, Juno, Jupiter, Neptune… double fun for them being space objects as well.
Lastname-Server
I know, I’m boring. But at least my laptop and desktop have cool names:
Firstname-Laptop
Firstname-Desktop
Yeah, I have Featherserver for my server, Featherbeast for my laptop (named because it has decent specs), and Featherphone for my phone.
Forgot about the phone, you’ll never guess what I call that one…
When you have a lot of devices like my family, it just makes everything easier to give descriptive names like that.
I don’t have many now, just minstrel (it plays music) but previously they’ve always just be sounds. Rawr, groan, whimper, bark, moan, growl etc.
Except minstrel (it plays music) :p
OK what is whimper’s job?
whimper was a dovecot and postfix machine. Email isn’t very fun
I see :-)