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Veronica Explains

In non #WWDC news, KDE Connect continues to do basically everything I ever wanted out of the Apple ecosystem.

10 June at 18:05 | Open on linuxmom.net
22 comments
Hayley Question-Mark

@vkc I've seen that the SMS part of it is better in the Gnome version (GSConnect, is it?) But basically is great, yeah.

10 June at 18:06 | Open on barrowof.gay
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Veronica Explains

KDE Connect allows me to:

- See texts on any of my computers
- Get notified on my phone when a task is done
- Send files back and forth
- Do all of the above on ancient hardware without inducing FOMO thanks to rampantly promoting a single company's marginal improvements as though they're groundbreaking

10 June at 18:08 | Open on linuxmom.net
PocketEleri

@vkc And it's straightforward to setup without needing an account.

10 June at 18:14 | Open on thevipvipers.space
GoatsLive

@vkc I couldn't live without it! Just transferred my last posted photo from my phone with it!

10 June at 18:31 | Open on mastodon.social
Siddharth Saxena

@vkc KDE Connect in combination with Syncthing on my Android and Linux devices is a far more reliable solution compared to cloud based ecosystems that Google, Microsoft and Apple implement. Not to mention everything stays locally on my devices so I can ensure that all my data stays under my control ;)

10 June at 18:38 | Open on mastodon.social
Matt Mascarenhas

@vkc Gosh, I misread this as "Send" texts on any computers. Followed by the "get notified on my phone" point I had visions of sending SMS text messages to phone as notifications!

10 June at 20:20 | Open on mas.to
Nickle (they/them) ✨ 🏳️‍🌈

@vkc I'd never heard of this before, so I checked it out, and OMG it's wonderful! Thanks so much for the recommendation!

10 June at 23:17 | Open on fandom.garden
Bryan Redeagle

@vkc@linuxmom.net Yeah, but does KDE have a bunch of men in slick suits in a giant auditorium convincing people that they are innovating on features that definitely haven't been present in other systems for years now.

10 June at 18:10 | Open on soc.redeagle.me
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@vkc it even somehow understands the actions on notifications, so I can reply on unidentified proprietary XMPP chat that has no PC clients from PC.
10 June at 18:10 | Open on suya.place
gfaster :flandre:

@vkc I had not heard of KDE connect before. Thank you for this wonderful revelation.

10 June at 18:10 | Open on tilde.zone
Thomas

@vkc it's crazy how good KDE Connect is… even on the (for it's target group) more unusal platforms like iOS and Windows

10 June at 18:12 | Open on chaos.social
Urzl

@vkc These are consecutive in my feed.
10 June at 18:21 | Open on mastodon.social
Austin

@vkc KDE Connect is an amazing piece of software.

10 June at 18:26 | Open on fosstodon.org
Marcel Bischoff

@vkc I’ve tried it. KDE is massively slower and needs more resources than macOS on my quite old 2014 MacBook Pro. So yeah, good that it works for you but it’s not a real alternative for most non-nerds. Plus, there’s effectively zero professional media software available on platforms KDE runs on.

10 June at 18:35 | Open on mastodon.social
Veronica Explains

@herrbischoff I run my successful YouTube channel completely and totally from Linux. It's possible.

10 June at 18:39 | Open on linuxmom.net
Marcel Bischoff

@vkc Possible is different from convenient. I don’t doubt it works with the proper motivation, time investment, technical skill and the willingness to make compromises. There’s however nothing even close to the Affinity suite for example.

10 June at 18:47 | Open on mastodon.social
baahemian
Marcel Bischoff

@baahemian @vkc Doesn’t address the performance issues but that’s one piece of professional media software, thanks. Any more I should know about?

10 June at 21:06 | Open on mastodon.social
JP

@vkc ooh I'm not familiar with this. I've been on the Gnome side of things so long I completely forget there's all these KDE things that can actually work fine on Ubuntu these days. I'll have to check it out.

What's your favourite part of KDE Connect?

10 June at 21:15 | Open on eigenmagic.net
Paul L

@daedalus @vkc

btw for GNOME, GSConnect is available from the Extensions Manager.
For more info here's the project's GitHub
github.com/GSConnect/gnome-she

and you still install KDE Connect on the smartphone side.

11 June at 0:30 | Open on hostux.social
WerySkok :verified_think:

@vkc I liked the idea of forwarding phone calls to PC via Bluetooth from Windows though

11 June at 5:50 | Open on mastodon.ml
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