The Linux host command can retrieve a lot of useful information from the domain name service, but has a lot of options that you need to understand to get started.

I can ssh via hostname, and navigating to the Pi-Hole admin page works using the hostname on my Android phone, but not on a Windows laptop. Would still like this moved to Linux Kung-Fu. That's odd.

im using debain 2.2i cant get debain to resolve host names to ipwhen i ping from my windows box to linux with my linux host name it works .i can ping the windows machine fine with the ip addy . do ...

Changing the hostname in Ubuntu 18.04 is a bit different than in previous iterations. Here's how to take care of this important configuration.

All the Ubuntu / Debian Linux commands you need to copy files, install software, edit text and much, much more.

If you need a flexible means of backing up data on a Linux server, rsync might be your tool.