does YOUR computer have a name?

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Stefu
People really actually DO name their computers? Sheesh. Weirdoes. One and all.

You actually have to name them, when you put them in a network.

My workstation is in a big server box, my wife called it monster, when I came with it, and so I called it "monster" (hello Spiffor!). My router/gateway/server is "tux", that's so conveniently short when addressing services. My wife's desptop has her first name (she wouldn't remember another), and my old 486 box was "avatar", because I used it among other things for Ultima nostalgia games . But it's broken now, the power supply is toast.

I remember my old Atari computer in the 80's was "Sally", because the 6502 CPU had that name in the books.

[Main_Brain]

It has a Name but aint gendered?
-Achmeds Oasis

[Richelieu]

Not even one "Hal" ?

I feel so old right now...

[Cruddy]

Oh come Richelieu - HAL9000s capabilities are not exactly PC standard yet. I'm looking forward to when they are though.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Cruddy
Oh come Richelieu - HAL9000s capabilities are not exactly PC standard yet. I'm looking forward to when they are though.

You may live to regret this comment!

[Aro]

Originally posted by Richelieu
Not even one "Hal" ?

I feel so old right now...

I'm old enough, Richelieu... But Hal is dangerous...

[Whaleboy]

Mine varies between "*****" "BSOD" "redmond"

I sooo need to switch to linux :doitnow:

Any distro recommendations?

[Ben Kenobi]

I agree with Rah.

Boris:

[Fve Crathva]

I recently renamed my computer from pt055rph169 to Qiwi.

SP

[Q Classic]

redhat's the standard. i use rh9, suitably customized.
debian's nice.

if you want, though, you can compile it yourself: www.linuxfromscratch.org

jezebel's a lot less tempermental in linux than she is in windows. split personality comes with dual boot.