<title>Description</title>
<para>The <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename> file
- contains machine meta data.</para>
+ contains machine metadata.</para>
<para>The basic file format of
<filename>machine-info</filename> is a
execution engine.</para>
<para><filename>/etc/machine-info</filename> contains
- meta data about the machine that is set by the user or
+ metadata about the machine that is set by the user or
administrator.</para>
<para>Depending on the operating system other
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
- <para>The following machine meta data parameters may
+ <para>The following machine metadata parameters may
be set using
<filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>:</para>
<term><varname>PRETTY_HOSTNAME=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>A pretty
- human-readable UTF8 machine identifier
+ human-readable UTF-8 machine identifier
string. This should contain a name
like <literal>Lennart's
Laptop</literal> which is useful to
present to the user and does not
suffer by the syntax limitations of
- internet domain names. If possible the
- internet host name as configured in
+ internet domain names. If possible, the
+ internet hostname as configured in
<filename>/etc/hostname</filename>
should be kept similar to this
one. Example: if this value is
<literal>Lennart's Computer</literal>
- an Internet host name of
+ an Internet hostname of
<literal>lennarts-computer</literal>
might be a good choice. If this
- parameter is not set an application
+ parameter is not set, an application
should fall back to the Internet host
name for presentation
purposes.</para></listitem>
this machine according to the <ulink
url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">XDG
Icon Naming Specification</ulink>. If
- this parameter is not set an
+ this parameter is not set, an
application should fall back to
<literal>computer</literal> or a
similar icon name.</para></listitem>