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[–] [email protected] 114 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Better to avoid 3 k's where possible.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 11 months ago (7 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 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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[–] [email protected] 59 points 11 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Forged google play, use the aurora store instead

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

You guys are checking Google Play?

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Upvote for relevant xkcd

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[–] havokdj 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fdroid: am I a joke to you?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 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 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

And plenty of banking apps consider it as a security threat. πŸ˜…

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] marche_ck 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Android auto copies numbers in SMS text messages to the clipboard, so any apps capable of monitoring the clipboard are suspect for one time security pin harversting.

Happens quite a lot in my country (Malaysia). People, especially the older ones, install apps form unknown source because their WhatsApp/WeChat friends shared them, then their online banking access got compromised, savings account emptied out, and there's nothing the banks can do because on their record, its the account holder doing the transfer.

Some banks now moved away from SMS and use dedicated app for this purpose now.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Ibaudia 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

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[–] egeres 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

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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[–] BearPear 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I use it to share files between devices. I can also share urls between devices. Clipboard history is automatically synced between devices.

I can also use it find my phone if I misplace it somewhere.

It is also possible to run custom commands. You can shut down or restart your pc from your phone. My favourite is the screenshot command, after the screenshot is captured, it is automatically transferred to my phone. A really handy feature.

There is more. You can also play pause and control the volume of a video playing on your phone or on your laptop from the connect app. Your device can even be used as a touchpad.

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[–] Reygle 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Syncthing knows I love it, it needs no proof.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Google Play

Is that like Aurora Store for google cucks?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Love that app

[–] deadlock 9 points 11 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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 17 points 11 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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[–] tinysalamander 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

KDE connect worked nicely on my iphone for awhile but now I can't get it to work. But yeah it is pretty cool.

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[–] Treczoks 7 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I wonder when there will be a Windows client for KDE Connect. I really miss it at work.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I am sorry, but it's been in Microsoft store for a while now. There's also offline installer on the download page.

Edit: Based on archive.org, at least since April 2020.

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[–] Reygle 12 points 11 months ago
[–] tool 7 points 11 months ago

I wonder when there will be a Windows client for KDE Connect.

Wonder no more.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

everytime i missplace my phone this saves me so much time

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