Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

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Post by jlpcsl » Fri, May 12, 2023, 2:42 PM UTC

Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux
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Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

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Post by duffyjp » Fri, May 12, 2023, 3:14 PM UTC

Point #3 (Using Your Phone as a Mouse and Keyboard) mentions utilizing the gyroscope. I've had that idea in the back of my head for years and years and am super excited somebody actually built it. Looking forward to trying this out.

If it works well enough to actually use I'm gonna be turning heads at the next in person meeting. :)

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

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Post by kps » Fri, May 12, 2023, 3:42 PM UTC

> 6. Locating Your Misplaced Phone […] This feature is a great alternative if you don’t have an Apple Watch that you can use to ping your iPhone.

That doesn't actually work for iPhones, since (per Apple restrictions) KDE Connect has to be running in the foreground to do anything useful.

It's still my go-to file transfer app, although it would be nice if it were available from the iOS share button.

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

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Post by hn_throawlles » Fri, May 12, 2023, 3:44 PM UTC

9. setting up wireguard and kde-connecting over the internet!

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> 6. Locating Your Misplaced Phone

I've had an issue many times, in which my phone (possibly to save battery?) is not KDE connected when I need it; usually after not touching it for several hours...

So I recommend disabling energy saving feature for the KDE connect app. Nonetheless, it's strange, I blame Android for optimizing this functionality into uselessness (for battery's sake probably, but I really dislike this new trend of "uncofigurable" devices).

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

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Post by 2Gkashmiri » Fri, May 12, 2023, 3:45 PM UTC

I've used the clipboard sync for the past so many years and it works "flawlessly" and transparently.

It just works.

Ctrl+c on your PC, paste on your mobile.

Same on the other side.

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

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Post by isthisfoss » Fri, May 12, 2023, 3:56 PM UTC

Does GNOME have a similar feature? I am not a big fan of how busy KDE is.

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

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Post by kadoban » Fri, May 12, 2023, 3:59 PM UTC

isthisfoss wrote: post #6

Does GNOME have a similar feature? I am not a big fan of how busy KDE is.

You should be able to use KDE Connect without the rest of KDE. I don't know how heavy the deps are, but it should really just be disk space wasted mostly.

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

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Post by unstuck3958 » Fri, May 12, 2023, 4:00 PM UTC

isthisfoss wrote: post #6

Does GNOME have a similar feature? I am not a big fan of how busy KDE is.

KDE Connect is not restricted to KDE Plasma. It's an app, so it is available for Windows, Linux, and even iOS.

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

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Post by smoldesu » Fri, May 12, 2023, 4:01 PM UTC

isthisfoss wrote: post #6

Does GNOME have a similar feature? I am not a big fan of how busy KDE is.

GSConnect was a rewrite for the GNOME shell, but I think it's been 'depreciated' in favor of Valent. You can try both and see which you prefer:

GSConnect: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/

Valent: https://valent.andyholmes.ca/

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

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Post by kej » Fri, May 12, 2023, 4:02 PM UTC

Worth mentioning that KDE Connect can run on Windows as well.