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KDE Connect is the best! Also why isn't the app called KDE Konnekt 🤣 (lemmy.world)

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[-] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 114 points 10 months ago

Better to avoid 3 k's where possible.

[-] MrSnowy@lemmy.ml 44 points 10 months ago

The KDE Konnect Kult: Where acronyms shouldn't be used.

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[-] Esca@lemmy.one 72 points 10 months ago

The first time it paused my YouTube video inside Firefox when a call came in on my phone, it blew my mind. And then when the call ended, it just casually resumed the video. I love it. That, the clipboard syncing and easy sharing of files between devices make it absolutely awesome to have.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Especially the file sharing for me. I was previously using USB cable, but during large transfers it tends to just randomly disconnect (thanks MTP). Over WiFi I get faster transfer speeds and it doesn't keep disconnecting.

Although yes, theoretically I could move .tar archive or individual files over WiFi using netcat and Termux, but that's not the most elegant solution. ~~Also for some reason netcat is somewhat broken on Manjaro.~~ ~~Ok, the issue isn't with nc.~~ Ok (2) it is netcat. I just added a 2nd layer of issues that made me think it's not.

Edit 3: Ok. MAYBE netcat. I can see incoming connection in Wireshark and it sends back TCP RST. Edit 4: Tried with UDP, I can see the received text in Wireshark, netcat drank methanol.

[-] gears@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

I've always used python3 -m http.server to get files from PC->phone.

For phone -> PC I use a library called droopy.py

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[-] ipacialsection@startrek.website 59 points 10 months ago

F-Droid is the more valuable app store anyway. I always check there before Google Play.

[-] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 13 points 10 months ago

Forged google play, use the aurora store instead

[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 9 points 10 months ago

You guys are checking Google Play?

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[-] stark@qlemmy.com 35 points 10 months ago

Happy to stumble across this meme. I didn't know KDE Connect was a thing

[-] Muehe@kbin.social 44 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well as one of today's lucky 10,000, let me tell you it's not dependent on the KDE/Android combo. There are versions for Windows, macOS, and iOS (although some functionality is missing).

[-] stark@qlemmy.com 13 points 10 months ago

Upvote for relevant xkcd

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[-] havokdj@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago

Fdroid: am I a joke to you?

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

F'real

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[-] tuxrandom@kbin.social 27 points 10 months ago

It's one of the reasons my next phone will be Android (with a non-spying custom ROM) instead of an iPhone. Although KDE Connect is already surprisingly powerful on the latter given the limitations of the platform.

[-] Logster998@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

The sheer amount of utility Connect has on iOS is insane. It’s starting to compete with handoff and iCloud sharing with how many features they’re recreating.

[-] havokdj@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

You decide on graphene or calyx?

I prefer graphene personally but not gonna shill. I've dailied both but they are both great. Calyx has a bigger emphasis on free software while graphene has a bigger emphasis on privacy, but you can still achieve most FOSS calyx software on graphene as well.

[-] nostradiel@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

And plenty of banking apps consider it as a security threat. 😅

[-] floppydisk@sh.itjust.works 25 points 10 months ago

"It's so good that other apps are threatened merely by its presence"

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[-] Noughmad@programming.dev 25 points 10 months ago

KDE Connect is awesome. I've been using it since it first came out (I think it was a GSoC project) with a variety of phones, and am 100% happy with it.

BTW, about the naming, KDE stopped the K thing around KDE 4, with apps such as Cantor.

[-] hedidwot@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 10 months ago

About damn time.

Trying to find your way around an unfamiliar system where everything started with K was enough to put me off desktop Linux.

[-] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago

Funnily enough it feely pretty natural for someone speaking german (and some other languages). E.g. Konsole is the german word for console etc. Other words like Konqueror do look like a strange mix.

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[-] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

KDE Connect is so good that there is a user-maintained version that works in GNOME as well.

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[-] Reygle@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I have a cheap "remote" for my PC, so I rarely use it for media or couch watching, BUT

Take ~50 photos

Get home

Two or three taps

Now they're all on my PC.

[-] Magnetar@feddit.de 19 points 10 months ago

I use syncthing for that, don't even need any taps after it's set up. Did I mention I love syncthing? Because I love syncthing.

[-] QuazarOmega@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Could you clap your hands to confirm you really love it?

[-] Magnetar@feddit.de 12 points 10 months ago

Syncthing knows I love it, it needs no proof.

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[-] egeres@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Oh hehe, I had seen KDE connect here and there but never really tried it myself, how are you using it?? What good things does it bring to your lives? :)

[-] iguanajuice@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It makes sharing files between your PC and phone super easy. And if you set it up right, you can even browse your entire phone's filesystem from your PC as well. Great if you take a lot of photos or download a lot of memes on your phone and want to quickly offload them to your computer. It also lets you play and pause media from your phone, so if you're playing music or watching a movie on your PC and need to pause while AFK, then it comes in pretty handy. Not only that, but it also has a presentation remote and can turn your phone's touchscreen into a trackpad and keyboard; great for HTPCs.

Those are just the features I use, it has way more than that. imho I think it might have too many features lmao

EDIT: Also, how could I forget about the feature that I mainly use KDEC for, the battery indicator plugin. It lets you monitor your phone's battery from your computer.

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[-] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

I live KDE connect, especially the filesystem share (it uses sshfs in the background).

And yes, it should have been called KDE Konnect 🤣

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[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 11 points 10 months ago

Google Play

Is that like Aurora Store for google cucks?

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[-] victron@programming.dev 9 points 10 months ago

I have used KDE Connect a couple of times (when I used Kubuntu), and always uninstall it because it provides nothing of value to me. I rather just reach for my phone that's already on my desk.

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

That's your first mistake, never do something the easy way when you could do it in a way that makes you feel like a cyber ninja

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[-] olafurp@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

Love that app

[-] deadlock@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

It's so good! Installed it once to try it and it never left my laptop. When they added the gyro mouse sensor it got even better - controlling my kodi mediacenter with it is just amazing like that. Also unlocking the screensaver without typing my password, fast even using over VPN etc...its just perfect.