In Gnome, if you go to Settings > Details > Overview there is a Device name field which is the same as using hostnamectl set-hostname blah I've only ever ended up with a mess whenever I explicitly set --pretty --transient hostnames. Maybe related, Adamw was building/rebuilding a server the whole network and hostname thing gave him fits. http://www.happyassassin.net/2013/09/22/sysadmin-adventures-local-dns-and-more/ Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org