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Hi fellow selfhosters!

What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

I'll start:
Steam Deck: krax
Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
MiniPC: krux
Reserved for future use: krex & krox

Creative, I know. 😅 The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that.  
 
 

Now let your pants down and tell me all about

your embarrassing host names!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

localhost

Why: for privacy/anonymity concerns

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Hmm, what does localhost.local do if you use mdns?

Also, your router must be a bit confusing:

  • localhost - 192.168.1.2
  • localhost - 192.168.1.3
  • ...
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Fixes IP for me, but I admit I don't have a lot of services to access to like OP does