For the typical home use situation, having the user name as the host
name doesn't really seem like much of a security risk, in a corporate
situation I would be more inclined to think about the security
implications.

Duplicate hostnames on the network seems like a much bigger issue.

The best solution to me would be to have a single page where as you type
in your desired user name in the username box, also have an editable
hostname box that has a random segment that gets generated when the page
comes up and a username segment that is filled as the user types their
desired username so you end up with a 'username-XXXXXXXX' type hostname
by default.

If the user doesn't care about or is happy with the default hostname
they could then just hit next, if they want to change it they click on
or tab to the hostname box, put in their desired hostname and hit next.
No muss, no fuss.

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Maverick ubiquity lacks option to change computer name
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628087
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