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Do you name your computer(s)? If so what are they and why did you choose the name?

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  • 5
    I name mine numerically. My current one is 2a because I changed the graphics card lol
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    Laptop is GrimReaper, NAS is DarthVader,, forgot what my desktop is lol
  • 3
    I name my laptop as Cerberus because it has dual-boot
  • 4
    "Broke back hashing" and "limpDisket" tons more but cba.
  • 6
    Mars(desktop), Europe, Io, Calisto... (laptops), μSievert, Gray... (work laptops)
  • 6
    "Brick" (a thick Dell laptop)
    "The Gray One" (an HP laptop)
    "Old White" (a 2002 XP Bluegear netbook)
    And an old E-Machine netbook I can't come up with a name for. God dammit.
  • 2
    Harvey (Desktop)
  • 3
    Cower before the processing power of.... Bob
  • 3
    My naming convention is based on military hardware:

    Current: Nimitz for surface pro, Dreadnought for desktop, Chinook for router.

    Former: Lancasterbomber for lappie, Spitfire for windows phone, Messerschmitt for router

    And loosly related current phone is "Scapa flow"
  • 4
    'Hot Slut' was my portable Ultrabook. Now I have 'Monster' with much more performance 😊
    Oh and I have got a 'Shitty Router' 😁
  • 5
    Production servers after porn stars. Development servers after celestial stars.
  • 4
    I had a The legend of Zelda theme going on back in the days; my username was Link and I imagined warping from Hyrule to Kakariko etc. using SSH.
  • 1
    @solecki welcome to devRant!
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    @redstonetehnik Thank you. :)
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    Cortana
  • 4
    Deepthought - (Debian) Gitlab & Samba Server [from the movie THGTTG]
    Tower - (Win10) My workstation ['cause had no better name atm]
    Toshi - (Debian) Old Toshiba laptop as file backup server [short & cute for Toshiba]
    Atom - (Debian w/ GUI) Media center with Kodi & media remote [it has an Intel Atom CPU]
    Berry - Raspberry Pi for tinkering [short & cute for Raspberry]
  • 4
    I named mine after Egyptian gods. Like Osiris, Ra and Sekhmet. When I replace a machine I place #g after it. Like Osiris2g 😊
  • 0
    All my devices follow the same naming scheme. It's RT-Devicename, where RT are my initials. So my laptop is RT-HP and so on
  • 1
    All my devices are cp-[use case] with a number at the end if I have more than one system performing the same action.

    My old computer was called gloria though.
  • 1
    kraken because fuck you that's why.

    Seriously though, I just called it that way because I do a lot of stuff on it, like mobile coding, audio recording/processing, video rendering, web development, and has a triple-boot
  • 1
    I usually give names related to the model/specs

    Desktop: Haswell (in W10) and Hackintosh (on Sierra)
    Laptop: Probook
    iPad: iSlate
    Old laptop: Insys (it's its brand)
    Old desktop: Quad (it was my first quad core PC)

    However my Qnap NAS is called Intersect due to Chuck
  • 3
    Mine is called "the memeMachine"
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    My desktop: Blade
    My server: Envy
    My phone: Brick

    Yup, seems about right.😀
  • 0
    Usually alternate between mythical creatures and elements/minerals
    Desktop-Naga
    Laptop-Mercury
    Old Laptop-Graphite
  • 0
    I named my laptop TARDIS back when I joined the Whovian bandwagon 😂😂😂
  • 0
    All permutations of:
    <function >-box
  • 3
    C3RBERUS became L3viathan after a big upgrade. VPS was Citadel. My main laptop is Normandy and the shiny new one for work is Normandy-SR2. Ho, and my login is Shepard of course. :-p
  • 2
    localhorst for my desktop. Others named with classical names. rpi is Lucas, tablet is joyce, smartphone is named Ava... aso.
  • 1
    I named mine "GuineaPig" and my virtual server is Narnia :D
  • 2
    "Mythoclast" - Laptop (cause it's tough enough to challenge some beefy desktops)
    "Heliopause" - Raspberry Pi running Windows 10 IoT core (cause it's the last place the light touches)
    "RyPi" - Raspberry Pi running raspbian (cause my name's Ryan)
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    "TheDarkWeb" MacBook Pro 2016
    "TheWiseGrey" MacBook Pro 2011
    "Bid Badass Machine" MacBook Air 2014
    "TheGreyFjord" iPhone 6
    "the Dark Side" SSID
    "Where am I" raspberry pi (keep forgetting where I put it)

    I named my server Entty ( thought it sounded like entity )
  • 4
    GLaDOS because on the door to the office is a "welcome to aperture science" poster.
  • 2
    @paradonym localhorst should be put in the hosts file of every german speaking person! :D
  • 3
    I call my laptop "Veronica" . Not hulk buster though xD
  • 4
    My servers are named after Doctor Who actors. Smaller servers are named after the companions. 🤓
  • 4
    Desktop: Titanium
    Laptop: Copper
    Server: Lead
    Raspberry Pi: Helium
    Yes, they're named after elements.
  • 4
    I always name mine after gems or semi-precious stones. My current is Jade; the previous was Talasite. I've also used Sapphire, Ruby, Onyx, Peridot, etc.

    Jade and Talasite are so pretty!
  • 4
    Desktop called "Jade"
    One laptop called "Amber"
    Another pc called "Amythest"
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    nic-pc
    nic-office
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    @Ashkin I don't know why I named those that. I like jade. :)
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