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KDE Connect refuses to work - (solved, thanks for help!) (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by WereCat@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi, on fresh install (multiple) of Fedora 42 GNOME the KDE Connect app after install wont open.

Either it will stay running in processes but nothing will display or it will immediately crash with an error.

GSconnect doesn't even show up after install.

If I install Fedora 42 KDE it works fine. But I don't like KDE. Any idea what's up with this?

EDIT: Thanks for help, anyhow. In the end I found that I will just use KDE Connect for clipboard between my laptop, PC and phone but the desired functionality I wanted when connected to my phone is available with scrcpy and it's quite something. Can't believe it has such a stupid name as I never heard of it. It's so freaking good!

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[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So got GSConnect to work... I had to also enable it in Extension manager for some reason. I had no idea it's an extension since I've just i stalled it as RPM package from the discover store.

Anyhow, it's just confusing. I was installing KDE Connect on both my PC and laptop. I never even heard of GSConnect until I started troubleshooting and I thought it's just some GNOME fork of KDE-Connect, not actually a mandatory replacement for KDE-Connect on GNOME.

It may make sense in the name but the name makes it even more confusing. Since it works on Android/Windows,... Why would I not assume it will work on Linux GNOME?

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah I'm with you there. I think the project kinda grew beyond its initial goals, and now it's hard to rename. Made more complex by GSConnect being by an independent developer from the KDE Connect team, I think. But the naming is confusing for sure.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Last time I read about it, it said don't install KDE-connect on the GNOME system , just use GS connect, or it breaks stuff