Name my new linux box
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Name my new linux box
I need a name for my new linux box that I'm going to use as my test server, in my usual unimaginative way I have not got much past calling it fed or fedora for obvious reasons. I need something snappy and zany, any ideas?
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I've been in offices where the servers were planets, or galaxies (depending on their function). Biblical "characters" are somewhat popular from my experience too. The last office I was at all machines were "beautiful women" (the server's were just random names.) I've seen jazz musicians too.
I haven't really settled on a naming convention yet for business or personal. Although most of the personal machines relate to their function or who they are for.
Not much help, I was.
I haven't really settled on a naming convention yet for business or personal. Although most of the personal machines relate to their function or who they are for.
Not much help, I was.
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An ISP I worked at named everything after Star Wars.Grim... wrote:My old office named boxes after disasters. ... "HINDENBURG's gone down"
You can imagine my joy at "Bringing Yoda back to life". Much fun.
Personally, I name my machines after characters/roles from Piers Anthony's Incarnation series. Nature, War (OpenBSD), Good, Evil.. quite a bit of variety.
My Linux gateway has been "Evil" for over 5 years now, and my Windows desktop has been "Good". Upon asking the obvious question of why they seemed backwards, I had to quote Dark Helmet from Spaceballs...
"Evil will always triumph over Good, because Good is dumb". So true of Linux v. Windows.