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I'm an Ubuntu newbie and at installation I set my computer name to "dera" and I created 2 users, "Sean" and "guest". I would like to know if it's possible to rename this from "dera" to "me". This shows up on the terminal as illustrated by the image I have attached here.

Sean Coutinho
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 hostnamectl

will show what it currently is set to. This ...

sudo hostname me

is temporary and to check if this is what is wanted. This sets the hostname ("Static hostname"):

hostnamectl set-hostname me

and is permantent. No reboot required. This sets the hostname as shown to you (ie. "Pretty Hostname"):

hostnamectl set-hostname me --pretty

and is also permanent. No reboot required.

'Static hostnames": a maximum length of 64 characters and allow the use of letters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods only (that is similar to the naming of URLs).

"Pretty hostnames": any valid UTF8 symbol and the maximum length you will never reach.

Rinzwind
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