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  • Esca@lemmy.one
    30·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      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.

      • gears@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 years ago

        I’ve always used python3 -m http.server to get files from PC->phone.

        For phone -> PC I use a library called droopy.py

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      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!

      • TheChargedCreeper864@lemmy.ml
        6·
        2 years ago

        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.

        • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Oh nice, that sounds cool. Not an implementation of that type of software that I would ever have thought of.

    • AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      2 years ago

      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.

      • sinless@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        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.

        • siriusmart@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 years ago

          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

  • tuxrandom@kbin.social
    11·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • Logster998@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      2 years ago

      The sheer amount of utility Connect has on iOS is insane. It’s starting to compete with handoff and iCloud sharing with how many features they’re recreating.

    • havokdj@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      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.

  • Noughmad@programming.dev
    8·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • hedidwot@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      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.

      • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        2 years ago

        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.

      • orangeboats@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        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.

  • Reygle@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • Magnetar@feddit.de
      2·
      2 years ago

      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.

  • Baggins [he/him]@lemmy.ca
    93·
    2 years ago

    Tbh it’s kind of a terrible app. I can never keep it connected and the UX is just painful. The most useful feature is transferring files, but when uploading to my PC the dialog box always closes itself before I can see where the file went.

      • MiDaBa@lemmy.ml
        3·
        2 years ago

        Samsung user here. I’m working with a Galaxy S22 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S7+ and a Dell XPS 9310 running Fedora. Set KDE Connect to never sleeping on the Samsung devices and it will work flawlessly. Transferring files, copy paste between devices, notifications etc just work for me. The only platform where I felt KDE Connect didn’t work smoothly was my Windows gaming machine. I gave in and just used the Microsoft phone connect app for that machine but everything else it’s KDE all the way.

      • Baggins [he/him]@lemmy.ca
        2·
        2 years ago

        No like when I go to reconnect it when I want to transfer a file I need to go through the pairing process again because it somehow loses the pairing even though both devices still show each other as trusted.

      • Baggins [he/him]@lemmy.ca
        12·
        2 years ago

        Yeah thanks tips. I figured that out a while ago after going through way more trouble that I should have had to. Next time I need to use it there’s a good chance I’ll forget again and start the whole process all over because some dev thought an auto closing dialog that stays up for a fraction of a second was a good idea.

    • feppidy@lemmynsfw.com
      01·
      2 years ago

      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.

    • EddyBot@feddit.de
      1·
      2 years ago

      you need to be on the same network which also means excluding VPN on local network (or connect both PC and phone on the same VPN network)

  • deadlock@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 years ago

    I live KDE connect, especially the filesystem share (it uses sshfs in the background).

    And yes, it should have been called KDE Konnect 🤣