Gsconnect already exists?
Yes, that's mentioned in the opening sentences along with a reason why it's different.
Valent Is a KDE Connect Client for GTK-Based Desktops
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#34Would this run on just i3wm? Or do I need the gnome-i3 session?
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
There’s also an iOS client, though it doesn’t have all features implemented due to limitations in Apple’s APIs. However it’s still the most convenient way to transfer files between an iPhone and a Windows or Linux computer.
Signal "note to self" is another way.
It'll work but that will upload your files to the cloud. If you're on cable internet or even DSL, transferring video files that way will take significantly longer than just using the local connection KDE Connect provides.
Of course, there are many local alternatives as well. I just can't see cloud upload features as an alternative to a local network transfer mechanism.
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#36I use Zorin connect, seems to work pretty well. This one looks cool too though.
As far as I can tell, Zorin's connect apps are just forks/rebrands of various KDE Connect apps. KDE connect worked flawlessly with a Zorin VM last time I tried it.
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#38KDE Connect is the one "linux" tool where after showing to my partner what it can do she asked me if I could install on her Windows laptop, her tablet, and her phone. It's been extremely practical when exchanging PDFs of (say) traintickets, remote controlling the volume of whichever laptop we connected to the projector for movie night (which was the "tech demo" that convinced her), and so on.
Indeed, kudos to the devs for maintaining a Windows version too!
But does it work on Windows?
I've only been able to connect it right after a fresh install, but after I reboot it doesn't see the phone anymore.
Is your experience better?
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#39From the article: What can this do? Using Valent (and KDE Connect), you can: - receive Android phone notifications on your desktop and reply to messages - sync the clipboard between your Android device and desktop - control music playing on your desktop from your Android phone - share files between your desktop and Android device, and browse your phone from the desktop - send SMS from your desktop - execute predefine…
There’s also an iOS client, though it doesn’t have all features implemented due to limitations in Apple’s APIs. However it’s still the most convenient way to transfer files between an iPhone and a Windows or Linux computer.
iOS app does also support Samba.
I really with the Photos app did. I don't think a "Pro" phone is a Pro phone without that feature.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Telegram's "Saved messages" is another.
Only if you trust telegram (you shouldn't)
Without context this is just noise.
Also when you say: don't trust Telegram, while not saying anything about WhatsApp, you are, on average, pushing people from a solution that isn't proven to be trustworthy to a solution that is proven to be untrustworthy.
Because unless you simultaneously point out that WhatsApp is worse, that is where people will go if they listen to you and avoid Telegram.