So I like to name my things, and I have a long history of naming electronics after fictional robots, androids, cyborgs, etc. My last laptop was named after a Star Wars droid (HK-47).
I’m already daydreaming of potential names for my future Framework. I’m leaning towards GLaDOS or straying from theme a little and naming it after Mitchell Hundred.
Any of you name your laptops? Or have any robot name suggestions?
I call mine Mainframe as a throwback to an old TV show I watched as a kid, Reboot.
For those in the know, I imagine sprites like Bob and Dot Matrix running around saving my computer from the viruses outside. Lucky for them, I don’t game on my Framework, so the city of Mainframe should be pretty safe. No nulls here.
My laptops have all had the hostname of the planets in the order that I got them. Removable hard drives are given names for moons around the planet that’s my current daily driver.
The problem is Pluto should be next, but that’s “not a planet” anymore… What to do, what to do…
All of my computers run with the prefix SYSTEM, my desktop is SYSTEM - CORE for example, and my old laptop went by TERMINAL. My new Framework is simply SYSTEM - FRAMEWORK
I’m trying to come up with an Archer-themed name for my laptop. My Desktop is Woodhouse; my wifi network is Poovey Farms Racing. I haven’t come up with a good one for my laptop yet.
I picked up this habit from a friend of mine, all devices are named after Twinborn from the 2nd era of Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series (The Wax & Wayne books).
Bloodmaker, Ghostwalker, Hazedodger, etc.
The books only ever name “Crasher” as a twinborn name, but the TTRPG from Crafty games has a whole big list of them.
I always name my computers after Lord of the Rings characters or locations.
My main desktop is Sauron. My TrueNAS is Minas Tirith because that’s where there was a great library storing information. A small little workstation was Bilbo and another small old workstation was Frodo.
My original laptop, being powerful but not quite as powerful as Sauron was Saruman.
When I told my naming scheme to my wife, she said since my Framework would be my new best friend and most faithful companion, I should name it Samwise Gamgee. So I did.
I name all my computers with Biscuit, I just like how it sounds haha, the Framework is called ModularBiscuit, my PC is RipperBiscuit (it’s the Ryzen chip).
I haven’t thought of a name for my incoming Framework laptop yet, but I might make it Promare related. Our VR rig is rainbow vomit, and I love the movie Promare, so we named it “Galo de Leon.”
I used to name my computers after kitchen appliances, (i.e. my small form factor PC from college was Toaster-Oven because we weren’t allowed a toaster oven in the dorm and the case looked like a toaster oven; my current desktop is built in a Cooler Master MasterBox Q500L, looks like a top-loading washing machine, and is called Washing-Machine,) however I think it’s time for a change.
The Framework Laptop doesn’t exactly look like something you’d put in a kitchen. I’ve gone the pragmatic route and named it framework-win and framework-lin for Windows and Linux, respectively.
I’ve started doing the same thing! Haven’t bought a framework yet (planning to in June, when I’m in the US), but my current laptop is “Galileo” and I’m thinking I might name the framework one “da Vinci”.
Those names seem related, though I’m not sure of a solid classification-- maybe historical scientists?