I feel like I’ve been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god

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    8 months ago
    sudo hostnamectl set-hostname SOMETHINGNORMAL
    
    git clone https://github.com/popey/unsnap
    cd unsnap
    ./unsnap
    

    The first one will set the name behind the @ sign to something not that long. I recommend just usint “PC” for privacy reasons. Often nobody needs to know your device model.

    The second one removes snaps and snapd and installs installed apps as flatpak instead. Flatpak is a universal format, similar to snap, came out a bit later but not only Ubuntu uses it. Snap also works on multiple Distros but people dont like it, it is still slow (now just slowing down boot) etc.

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      8 months ago

      What hostnames do people use? I’m tired of (and bad at) naming all my devices, I just tend to leave default as op, at least I can tell them apart easily

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        I use names from FFXIV.

        For my work-related VMs, raid bosses. It makes it easy to spot my VMs because nobody sane would name them stuff like Erichthonios or Hippokampos. Unfortunately I had to draw the line at 724P-Operated Superior Flight Unit A-lpha.

        For my home server VMs/CTs, I use the names of the gods - Byregot, Rhalgr, Azeyma, etc. and Eulogia for Proxmox itself.

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          8 months ago

          You could also name them so everyone can identify what they are at a glance instead.