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authorDavid King <amigadave@amigadave.com>2023-02-04 14:55:05 +0000
committerDavid King <amigadave@amigadave.com>2023-02-04 15:43:27 +0000
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about: Add new page and guide on about panel
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-user-docs/-/issues/177
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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="about-hostname">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="about" group="hostname"/>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="44.0" date="2023-02-04" status="draft"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>David King</name>
+ <email>amigadave@amigadave.com</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <desc>Change the name used to identify your system on the network and to
+ Bluetooth devices.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Change the device name</title>
+
+ <p>Having a name that is uniquely recognisable makes it easier to identify
+ your system on the network and when pairing Bluetooth devices.</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui>
+ overview and start typing <gui>About</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Press <gui>About</gui> to open the panel.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select <gui>Device Name</gui> from the list.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Enter a name for your system, and click
+ <gui style="button">Rename</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+ <note style="important">
+ <p>Although the hostname is changed immediately after the system name has
+ been changed, some running programs and services may have to be restarted
+ for the change to take effect.</p>
+ </note>
+
+</page>