meme stolen
Better to avoid 3 k’s where possible.
The KDE Konnect Kult: Where acronyms shouldn’t be used.
☠️ bruh
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.
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.
I use simplex on my phone and simplex CLI on my computer. I just message back and forth. It’s already giving me any notifications from my servers, so it’s already there anyway.
Pretty much like “continuity” between iPhones and Mac, neat.
Wow it can do that. I did not know. That is such a handy feature.
Yeah, kde connect can control media players on your desktop and automatically pause them when a call comes in. To make it work with Firefox I do now realise it might be limited to kde desktops only though. But if you have that, all you need is to install the plasma integration extension for Firefox (which does a couple of cool things) and then kde connect can see Firefox’s media as well.
I’m not really familiar with KDE connect (and new to Linux in general, but can’t see myself ever going back to Windows), could you elaborate on the first part? How does KDE Connect help you watch firefox videos on your phone? Thanks!
Somehow, KDE Connect treats a media stream happening on a connected device the same as if it’s playing on your local device. If you’re playing a video on your laptop in Firefox it will add one of those “music player” things in your phone’s notification shade, allowing you to control the video from your phone.
Android automagically pauses everything it deems to be “media playback” until the end of your call, thus also pausing that Firefox video on your laptop.
Oh nice, that sounds cool. Not an implementation of that type of software that I would ever have thought of.
F-Droid is the more valuable app store anyway. I always check there before Google Play.
Forged google play, use the aurora store instead
You guys are checking Google Play?
Check Neo Store. It is an alternative front end to F-droid and has been way less buggy for me. Though to be fair just yesterday it ate up 20% of my battery life due to not being able to sync a repo (I think), but that hasn’t happened before.
I use Droid-ify myself. It looks like Neo Store is a fork of it. Although neither has been updated for a number of months, Droid-ify’s latest version is most recent.
I’ve tried droidify before it doesn’t seem to allow parallel download similar to that in aurora store
aurora droid is imo pretty good
Happy to stumble across this meme. I didn’t know KDE Connect was a thing
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).
Upvote for relevant xkcd
Also, gconnect is a Gnome frontend for the same software.
Same! I’ve already installed to my phone and will play with it tomorrow.
You will like it. Try it out.
Fdroid: am I a joke to you?
F’real
*F-real
And plenty of banking apps consider it as a security threat. 😅
Hmm. I did not know that. Why?
“It’s so good that other apps are threatened merely by its presence”
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.
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.
Funnily enough it feely pretty natural for someone speaking german (and some other languages). E.g. Konsole is the german word for console etc. Other words like Konqueror do look like a strange mix.
How long I wonder until they phase out the k thing entirely? Becouse I love Plasma but honestly that can be pretty annoying
Unless the old programs are replaced entirely (or completely rewritten), I think the old naming system will be here to stay for a looong time, considering how established it is.
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.
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.
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I prefer grapheneos and have ran it for some years now, but I would prefer to stay out of that debate as the calyx community and graphene community do not like eachother.
Like, even mentioning them in the same sentence will get both of their police on you and start a flame war.
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at least CalyxOS does support older Pixel phones aswell as the Fairphone 4
of course from a security standpoint older Pixel phones are less secure but still way more than outdated stock android while also saving on ressources (money and ecological wise)it’s not complete black and white, there are nuances between which favors one over the other
Check out DivestOS
KDE Connect is so good that there is a user-maintained version that works in GNOME as well.
Gsconnect!
Ah, googling now!
It’s a Gnome shell extension if that helps.
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.
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.
Could you clap your hands to confirm you really love it?
Syncthing knows I love it, it needs no proof.
He is happy. And I think he knows it. He must now clap.
How’s the battery drain on it? I used to use it, but the battery drain was atrociuous af. I moved onto syncthing fork which made it considerably better but it was still so high that I just ditched the thing entirely. Mind checking now much % it drains in the background?
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I use immich on my server :) KDE connect is amazing tho
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? :)
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.
Sounds like phone link by Microsoft. Pretty neat, there should be a disclosure here or edit. You can’t browse all of Android file system unless you root the device Google has locked down some file paths due to exploitation by the end user and attackers.
Eh thats kind of obvious one. You can’t access such files from your phone either without root. He reffered /sdcard
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.
Could it be used to transfer files from linux to an Android TV box?
Sorry, I don’t know. I don’t have an android TV box. Is kde connect available on the android tv playstore?
Looks like it is. Time to learn something new!
Thanks.
Google Play
Is that like Aurora Store for google cucks?
I had no idea what that was, but I just installed it off F-Droid and it looks sick
This is why I like Lemmy. You scroll through it and suddenly learn about neat free software you’ve never heard of, unlike Reddit where you would scroll through it and learn a new slur for an ethnic group you’ve never heard of.
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.
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
Pause/play/skip for music from the other room is nice, auto mute, phone notifications on desktop, etc… Even with my phone next to me, some features are still useful.
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.
Love that app
