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    Computer Name - Intrepid.

    How can I find it? And wherever I can find it, is it changable there?

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    Re: Computer Name - Intrepid.

    I presume you're talking about the hostname. It's in /etc/hostname and can be changed, but be sure to change the entry in /etc/hosts as well (or sudo will complain).
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    Re: Computer Name - Intrepid.

    When I changed /etc/hostname last week, some sort of daemon creature updated /etc/hosts automatically. I was surprised!

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    Re: Computer Name - Intrepid.

    In previous versions of Ubuntu, I always went to system - admin - network and clicked on the general tab. But, this isn't the case in Intrepid... hence why I'm confused.

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    Re: Computer Name - Intrepid.

    Is there a way to change the computer name as before with the GUI? Where did Sytem -> Network go?

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    Re: Computer Name - Intrepid.

    Quote Originally Posted by jmjohn View Post
    Is there a way to change the computer name as before with the GUI? Where did Sytem -> Network go?
    System -> Administration -> Network -> General?

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    Re: Computer Name - Intrepid.

    Install gnome-network-admin. It's not installed by default.

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    [solved] Re: Computer Name - Intrepid.

    Thanks.

    sudo apt-get install gnome-network-admin

    Then, using the menus:
    System -> Administration -> Network

    And I can change the computer name via the GUI.

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