Mastodawn

Ok, so I was looking for a good FOSS desktop email client for my GPD MicroPC 2 running CachyOS.
I wanted something lighter than Thunderbird, and as I’m running KDE Plasma 6 I choose KMail.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

After fiddling for 15 min I was still unable to connect to my IMAP server. It’s 2025 guys, any email client I cannot setup in less than a minute is dead and should not exists.
I’m not writing this because I feel entitled or important or because my time is so precious. I’m writing this because I’m a senior BSD/Linux sysadmin, with +20 years in the field of email servers / email admin & support. I’m very aware of «what’s going on» under the hood and still, I was unable to make it work. I can literally use openssl s_client to connect to my server, where KMail fails hard.

Eventually I’ve installed Thunderbird, in less than 60 sec I got mail synching. The longest step was to retrieve IMAP password from Bitwarden.

#foss #kmail #micropc2 #linux #Thunderbird #imap #email

アスキー Oct 10

500gの小型ノートPCが圧倒的な万能性で仕事もいける！｜GPD MicroPC 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyYOwm8rXbI

#youtube_wamweb #ascii #アスキー #GPD #MicroPC2 #UMPC

500gの小型ノートPCが圧倒的な万能性で仕事もいける！｜GPD MicroPC 2

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Arnaud Mangasaryan (Ramenos)Sep 16, 2025

Salut @PierreLecourt . As tu eu l'occasion de tester le microPC 2 GPD depuis sa sortie ? https://www.gpd.hk/gpdmicropc2345345345

Il semble très convaincant pour un PC d'appoint vraiment transportable.

#micropc2 #minimachine

patpro Sep 16, 2025

GPD MicroPC 2, follow-up on Linux (CachyOS here): works great.

True plug & play here: all I had to do is plug the USB-C connector of the dock to the PC.

Hopefully I’ll get there someday with FreeBSD.

#micropc2 #linux #FreeBSD

patpro Sep 13, 2025

This is going to be fun (no).
FreeBSD install in progress on a brand new GPD MicroPC 2

#FreeBSD #gpd #micropc2

WinFuture.de Jul 11, 2025

Der #UMPC lebt! #GPD #MicroPC2 kombiniert Mini-Laptop mit umlegbarem Display für die Daumenbedienung. Mit Intel N250, FHD-Touchscreen und vielen Anschlüssen richtet sich das 490g leichte Gerät an IT-Profis. https://winfuture.de/news,152181.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Der UMPC lebt! GPD MicroPC 2 Kleinst-Laptop mit umlegbarem Display

Die auf tragbare Mini-PCs spezialisierte chinesische Marke GPD bringt mit dem MicroPC 2 jetzt eine Art Kleinst-Laptop vorgestellt, der eigentlich eher ein "Palm-Top" ist, also mit den Daumen bedient werden soll. Das Gerät bietet aber auch ein umlegbares Full-HD-Display und wird so bei Bedarf zum ...

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Brad Linder Jul 10, 2025

GPD MicroPC 2 hits Indiegogo for $495: Handheld computer with Intel N250 processor and a QWERTY keyboard

The GPD MicroPC 2 is a little computer that looks a lot like a laptop, but it’s designed to be used more like a palmtop. Hold it in two hands and you can reach your thumbs across the QWERTY keyboard for 2-finger typing. But you can also twist the 7 inch FHD touchscreen display and fold it down over the keyboard for use in tablet mode.

First unveiled earlier this month, the little computer […]

#crowdfunding #gpd #gpdMicropc #gpdMicropc2 #handheldComputer #micropc #micropc2