Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

makeuseof.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

11–20 of 64 posts

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

#11

Post by unstuck3958 »

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #5

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.

I can confirm, though it's more like 5:1 hit-miss ratio for me (specifically for the copy paste feature) but that could be because of agressive battery optimization I do. I also use it daily for effortless file transfer, and so much more: it truly has enhaced my desktop experience to another level. For example, I can play a YouTube video on my PC and have it pause when I recieve a phone call - all without any kind of physical intervention.

Makes me wonder how many more people who are waiting for AirDrop alternatives haven't tried KDE Connect. Or about the state of FOSS in general.

Also, feels good to see a fellow Kashmiri on HN :)

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

#13

Post by tkanarsky »

hn_throawlles wrote: post #4

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

Tailscale works great for this use case, in me experience. Very plug-n-play.

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

#14

Post by unstuck3958 »

KDE Connect is a great piece of software. Everyone I recommended it to uses it almost daily.

It makes me wonder about the state of FOSS software: there are plenty of genuinely good FOSS apps that can, in theory, be a part of a FOSS "ecosystem." But not many people actually know about them or use them.

While I am still curious to know why this is, it seems like "advertisement" is still the greater predictor of software usage than anything else (including functionality and ease-of-use). Which is sad (especially because FOSS apps get better the more people use them).

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

#15

Post by red_trumpet »

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #5

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.

Yep, mostly works great. The only thing that bugs me is that passwords I copy from KeepassXC get transferred as well, but not deleted from mobile.

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

#16

Post by 2Gkashmiri »

unstuck3958 wrote: post #11
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #5

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.

I can confirm, though it's more like 5:1 hit-miss ratio for me (specifically for the copy paste feature) but that could be because of agressive battery optimization I do. I also use it daily for effortless file transfer, and so much more: it truly has enhaced my desktop experience to another level. For example, I can play a YouTube video on my PC and have it pause when I recieve a phone call - all without any kind of…

I have battery optimization disabled for KDE apps, itinerary, connect, neochat.

That helps I guess and now that you mention it, it's the first thing on a new phone so I don't see problems.

The auto-play pause also works transparently.

I'd say the idea of marketing is important. If someone is using Linux, they are already in a niche and you kinda get to know everything.

OTOH, a random windows user who is using it for the first time or someone who uses it in office or for kids, its very hard for them to be exposed to Foss apps.

I mean i've installed libreoffice on hundreds of computers and people still want "ms office". Same for newbies who want first time internet, I show them ddg or something and they expect "show me that google".

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

#17

Post by argiope »

red_trumpet wrote: post #15
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #5

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.

Yep, mostly works great. The only thing that bugs me is that passwords I copy from KeepassXC get transferred as well, but not deleted from mobile.

I was also concerned about having all my clipboard text copied to my mobile, but you can define a keyboard shortcut to do that only deliberately

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

#18

Post by jjbinx007 »

unstuck3958 wrote: post #14

KDE Connect is a great piece of software. Everyone I recommended it to uses it almost daily. It makes me wonder about the state of FOSS software: there are plenty of genuinely good FOSS apps that can, in theory, be a part of a FOSS "ecosystem." But not many people actually know about them or use them. While I am still curious to know why this is, it seems like "advertisement" is still the greater predictor of softwar…

Unfortunately my recent experience with the Windows version was negative. I installed KDE Connect so I could link it with my Steam Deck but the text on the Windows version was completely screwed up to the extent that the UI was completely unusable.

After Googling it seems a work around was to disable hardware acceleration but I was reluctant to do that.

I wanted to revert back to an earlier version (which apparently didn't suffer from thsi bug) but there's no repository for old versions.

Re: Things You Can Do with KDE Connect on Linux

#19

Post by 2Gkashmiri »

unstuck3958 wrote: post #11
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #5

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.

I can confirm, though it's more like 5:1 hit-miss ratio for me (specifically for the copy paste feature) but that could be because of agressive battery optimization I do. I also use it daily for effortless file transfer, and so much more: it truly has enhaced my desktop experience to another level. For example, I can play a YouTube video on my PC and have it pause when I recieve a phone call - all without any kind of…

Yeah. Thanks. I was a long time lurker, read years and only back when the incumbents flipped a switch, I had to take some action.
Post reply on HN