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Re: KDE Connect 1.10 released

#11

Post by distances »

oliloz wrote: post #9

I know my message won't be well received here but I wish KDE had a leadership with a pair of balls that could say to developers "stop losing your time on these side projects and polish the core desktop and libraries". There are so many pet projects in KDE while the desktop rots in its instability and lack of polish...

You seem to be having some grave misconceptions about

1. How open source projects work, 2. How polished and stable KDE already is, and 3. How useful piece of software KDE Connect is.

Re: KDE Connect 1.10 released

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Post by arendtio »

IMHO, KDE Connect is currently one of the best parts of KDE (together with Dolphin and the Nextcloud integration). I use it for a few years now and while my there are only a few use-cases I use regularly, I am always delighted to have it when something unexpected happens.

For example, my phone has its own place on my desk and there are just a few places where I put it when it isn't there. A few weeks ago it wasn't on the desk and not in the other places where I searched for it. Calling it from another phone didn't help because it was late in the night and my phone switches to silent mode for the night automatically. But KDE Connect was the hero of the day, as the 'ping' feature works even if the phone is in silent mode :-)

Looking forward to more awesome KDE Connect versions.

Re: KDE Connect 1.10 released

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Post by szemet »

majewsky wrote: post #6
Jedd wrote: post #4

This is an astonishingly useful tool -- I've been using it for years, and I'm always impressed that it's well maintained and getting new features. From the way my music player (Clementine on KDE) pauses for a call, incoming or outgoing - the media controller from the phone, sms pop-ups on the computer, the file browser and two-way sharing, clipboard mirroring, and a nifty 'find my phone' feature (your computer trigge…

> use the phone as a trackpad I use the remote control feature (not the trackpad part, but the virtual keyboard) extensively when controlling mpv from the couch. Particularly in conjunction with Hacker's Keyboard for special keys like Alt+F4.

I did not hear about KDE connect (maybe because I do not use KDE), but had the exactly same need (control mpv from my couch). I have found this: https://github.com/ndunks/xdotoolweb - I only have one use case so I only run it - using a simple shell script wrapper - together with mpv.

It working fine for me, and it does not need a client on the mobile (except a browser), also it is not connected to the KDE ecosystem - if anyone else needs some lightweight solution for the same problem...

Re: KDE Connect 1.10 released

#14

Post by oliloz »

distances wrote: post #11
oliloz wrote: post #9

I know my message won't be well received here but I wish KDE had a leadership with a pair of balls that could say to developers "stop losing your time on these side projects and polish the core desktop and libraries". There are so many pet projects in KDE while the desktop rots in its instability and lack of polish...

You seem to be having some grave misconceptions about 1. How open source projects work, 2. How polished and stable KDE already is, and 3. How useful piece of software KDE Connect is.

1) Of course you can't force contributors to do anything but there are ways: tell them repeatedly there are bugs that need fixing, refuse to give them infrastructure to host their pet projects and make it clear they are not official and can't bear the KDE trademark, etc.

2) Don't make me laugh.

3) I don't even own an Android so I could never know. And that's not the point.

I know this is just some ranting and nothing will change. KDE went down a hole a long time ago when they lost their funding. But I'm sad to see the things that are happening to it. KDE does not deserve to die like this.

Re: KDE Connect 1.10 released

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Post by purerandomness »

oliloz wrote: post #14
distances wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You seem to be having some grave misconceptions about 1. How open source projects work, 2. How polished and stable KDE already is, and 3. How useful piece of software KDE Connect is.

1) Of course you can't force contributors to do anything but there are ways: tell them repeatedly there are bugs that need fixing, refuse to give them infrastructure to host their pet projects and make it clear they are not official and can't bear the KDE trademark, etc. 2) Don't make me laugh. 3) I don't even own an Android so I could never know. And that's not the point. I know this is just some ranting and nothing…

KDE just recently received a 300k donation [1].

You seem to remember KDE from the 4.x dark times. Give it a try, it has vastly improved in the last 2 years.

[1] https://dot.kde.org/2018/10/15/kde-ev-receives-sizeable-dona...

Re: KDE Connect 1.10 released

#16

Post by yoodenvranx »

oliloz wrote: post #9

I know my message won't be well received here but I wish KDE had a leadership with a pair of balls that could say to developers "stop losing your time on these side projects and polish the core desktop and libraries". There are so many pet projects in KDE while the desktop rots in its instability and lack of polish...

In my opinion KDE Connect is one of the absolute core applications of the whole KDE project!

> [...] while the desktop rots in its instability and lack of polish

This is not true at all. Yes, the KDE desktop has a few rough edges but for me it is still by far the very best DE in existence.

Re: KDE Connect 1.10 released

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Post by sametmax »

arendtio wrote: post #12

IMHO, KDE Connect is currently one of the best parts of KDE (together with Dolphin and the Nextcloud integration). I use it for a few years now and while my there are only a few use-cases I use regularly, I am always delighted to have it when something unexpected happens. For example, my phone has its own place on my desk and there are just a few places where I put it when it isn't there. A few weeks ago it wasn't on…

The best thing about kde connect is that it's an open protocol so i has been implemented in other desktops (eg: gnome made gconnect and it works with kdeconnect android)

Re: KDE Connect 1.10 released

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Post by simion314 »

oliloz wrote: post #9

I know my message won't be well received here but I wish KDE had a leadership with a pair of balls that could say to developers "stop losing your time on these side projects and polish the core desktop and libraries". There are so many pet projects in KDE while the desktop rots in its instability and lack of polish...

I contribute sometimes to fix some bugs. In your opinion I should be forced to learn graphics/OpenGL to contribute to KWin, or design to submit themes because some dude does not likes the corner radius of a button or implement features that I do not need but some entitled person wants and I should spend my free time implementing that while he is playing some video game.

Open source does not work like that, if a company wants something it will pay a full time developer to implement it, if a user wants something he needs to implement it or find someone to implement it, this may mean you may want to pay someone or convince a maintainer to implement it.

What KDE needs is a billionaire to hire a few developers to go trough the bug tracker and fix some bugs.

Re: KDE Connect 1.10 released

#20

Post by toyg »

I’m tempted to get another computer just to give KDE another chance. VMs never really do it justice.

Are there any recommended hardware manufacturers that are known to work best with it? Most of the typical Linux-centric sellers seem to ship Ubuntu or some other hacked Gnome version, and I’d like to reduce my install effort to the very minimum.

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