Alright,you may have often wondered about how to change your computer name to something cooler than what it is.
In Linux Mint/Ubuntu,it is very easy to change the current system/computer name straight from the terminal.
To do this :
1.Open Terminal and first change to the almight root,use sudo -i and enter the root password.
2.Type hostname <new hostname>
I have used ironbutterfly [now that's a kick ass name for a Mint laptop 
]
3.Close the terminal and reopen,now the hostname will be the new one,you can also verify this by going to System >Administration>System Monitor which too will reflect the changes.
So the moral of the story is don’t compromise or settle with the system name if you don’t like it,after all change is only a terminal away 
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June 29, 2010 at 5:02 am
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June 30, 2010 at 6:48 am
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July 1, 2010 at 6:49 pm
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July 4, 2010 at 10:52 am
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July 17, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Can you provide more information on this? best regards
July 18, 2010 at 1:57 am
You can issue the following command in the terminal for more information on the command-
man hostname
July 22, 2010 at 3:05 am
Very super information.
July 23, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Very nice information.
October 13, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Accidentally entered the wrong name for my computer when installing Mint 9.
Could have poked around and found out how to fix it myself but thought I’d Google the
question first to save time. Found your website (2nd item on Google) and immediately
had the fix. Worked great! Now I’m going to bookmark and explore your site for more
goodies. Thanks a lot!
October 13, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Glad you found it useful Dick.
Cheers.
March 8, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Great site with great tutorials and loads of useful knowledge!
What’s worth mentioning is that “hostname” command needs to be followed by editing /etc/hostname as well as /etc/hosts – as superuser – and hanging those accordingly.
After I used only the “hostname” command and didn’t edit the files, my Mint 10 Debian couldn’t get back to login prompt when screen locked after 5minutes of inactivity.
(maybe this would help someone struggling with same problems)