My main server is named Postulate (an idea that you assume for the sake of argument), my desktop is named Axiom (a proved postulate), and my backup server is named Corollary (an idea that follows from an axiom).
What are your computers named, and why?
- crispy (big server) - was suggested to me, no special meaning
- invader (desktop PC) - no special meaning
- mulex-copan (MacBook) - named after the coffee machine in the game INFRA
- polaris (mail server VPS) - reference to the game Control
- spike (VPS) - no special meaning (though I was probably thinking of the coronavirus spike protein)
- turris (router) - just the router brand which sounds cool so I kept the hostname
- vineta (NAS) - named after the planet from the game SIGNALIS
- whiprock (phone) - named after the island from the game INFRA
the names with no special meaning are generally older while the game references are generally newer :P
Mine are all named after mythological creatures. It started with my tower being named Cerberus because it had 3 red LED fans and then just kept up from there. Hydra, Thoth, manticore, chimera. I’m deploying Baba Yaga this week, and Ratatoskr will be up eventually
I like dogs.
My network is SIGHTHOUND.
My computers…
- GREYHOUND
- WHIPPET
- IGGY
- SALUKI
- BORZOI
My personal use computers are named after characters from the manga Tearmoon Empire Story, MiaLuna (storage server) - Anne (home desktop) - Ludwig (laptop).
My phones were named after JJBA characters (Jonathan Joestar - Joseph Joestar - Speedwagon)
Small form factor computers for automation are typically named after their purpose, without anything creative (PiMirrorDNS, PineKodi, PiPocket)
Work laptop is dangerzone
I used fictional locations:
- Server 1: valinor
- Server 2: terminus
- Main pc: isla-nublar
Users are named after movies or tv shows characters when I’m not using my name
My main PC is all white (by coincidence) so I named it Minas Tirith
My stationary devices are named after evil characters from middle earth, ungoliant, gothmog, morgoth etc. Mobile devices are named after good characters, illuvatar, gil-galad, elendil. My dad uses native American tribes for names.
All my servers are named after colors
Then my vms are ingredients to an omelette
A self built PC called “The Thing” and “The Beast”, which is a raspberry pi.
My personal PCs/VMs are named after fairies from Pixie Hollow. (Silvermist, Zarina, Rosetta)
I’ve got menus and stuff orange on Rosetta. :)
Dune references. Caladan, Duncan, Arrakis.
Mine are also literary. They are references to Sanderson’s cosmere series and the names chosen reflect their purpose.
I have an old optiplex SFF which is called Preservation because it has a disk drive for ripping media, it’s a disk wiping station for repurposing drives, and it’s old hardware I’m preserving.
My servers have names of Spanish words humorist El Risitas says in his mythical video where he laughs with no real reason.
The biggest server is named “cocinero”, because I can (jokingly) easily imagine a very fat cook.
Then there is plancha, a lenovo thinkcentre which has the size of a plank.
My raspberry pi’s have names of tapas: chorizo, keso etc.
In theme with my username:
- apollo (router)
- moon-base (proxmox host)
- moon-rover (previously my laptop, it died and now it’s my steam deck)
- moonshot (desktop)
- moon-lander (phone)
My VMs are uninterestingly named after what they serve. Also I’m not touching my partner’s machines, that stuff is not my problem.
