Home News What is Hostname in Linux and How Can You Change It? By Nick Congleton July 17, 2018 Hostnames are an important piece of the Linux networking puzzle. They let you easily access Linux systems across a network with a name instead of an IP. Complete Story Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Print Previous articleHow to spot a DevOps faker Next articleNvidia 390.77 Linux Graphics Driver Improves Compatibility with Latest Kernels Get the Free Newsletter! Subscribe to Developer Insider for top news, trends, & analysis Email Address By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Subscribe Must Read News Nginx 1.26 Released with Experimental HTTP/3 Support News QEMU 9.0 Released with Raspberry Pi 4 Support, LoongArch KVM Acceleration News Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) Released, This Is What’s New News Fedora 40 Released as a Prettier and a More Secure Distro Storage TrueNAS SCALE 24.04 Rolls Out with Enhanced SMB & NFS Monitoring