Where do I find the name of my computer and other system information?

No question is too basic for this forum, but if you are asking about how to do something in Ubuntu, the question should be targeted to Ubuntu rather than "Canonical SSO provider". I have made this change, as well as restoring the original text of your question. I'll try to answer it as well, though it's possible that someone else may get to it first.

In the future, if you decide you no longer want help with a question, you can mark the question as Solved. You should generally avoid deleting your original question's description, as it may be useful to others. (This is most important if people have already replied to the question, which was not the case here.)

Ubuntu 9.04 is not longer supported, so you should upgrade to at least Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. You can do this by upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 using the alternate CD and then to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, or you can do this by offloading all your documents and other important files and performing a fresh reinstallation. One of the consequences of Ubuntu 9.04 being EoL (end-of-life, i.e., no longer supported) is that updates for newly discovered security vulnerabilities are not released, which makes you insecure on the Internet and, to a lesser extent, in general when using your computer on any network or to access files created by anyone else.

Since Ubuntu 9.04 is no longer supported, I don't have a copy to check and see the ideal graphical way of determining your computer's hostname. However, on any version of Ubuntu and most other Linux-based and Unix-like OSes, you can find out what your hostname is by running the command: hostname

In Ubuntu, you can run this command by opening a Terminal window (Applications > Accessories > Terminal or Ctrl+Alt+T), typing in the command, and pressing enter.

However, as explained above, you should not continue running Ubuntu 9.10. You should upgrade to a supported release, or, if you do not want to do that, you should use a supported release of some other operating system.

Thank you for your help. I will do as you say. There are no useful
documents in this version - I was only 'playing with it' - findinf my way
around before starting a course that used Ubuntu. I was told incorrectly
that this was the version that was used by the course.

Ronnie Jupp

On 22 September 2011 13:30, Eliah Kagan <
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> Your question #171629 on samba in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+question/171629
>
> Eliah Kagan posted a new comment:
> No question is too basic for this forum, but if you are asking about how
> to do something in Ubuntu, the question should be targeted to Ubuntu
> rather than "Canonical SSO provider". I have made this change, as well
> as restoring the original text of your question. I'll try to answer it
> as well, though it's possible that someone else may get to it first.
>
> In the future, if you decide you no longer want help with a question,
> you can mark the question as Solved. You should generally avoid
> deleting your original question's description, as it may be useful to
> others. (This is most important if people have already replied to the
> question, which was not the case here.)
>
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