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The difference is, speaking of Apple it's iPhone/iPad + Mac, which is super-useful, I don't even know how can you ask for a use-case, since everything is a use-

by krick 8y ago

The difference is, speaking of Apple it's iPhone/iPad + Mac, which is super-useful, I don't even know how can you ask for a use-case, since everything is a use-case: copy anything from your phone to a computer, be it a text, an url, phone number, quote from a book/article you were reading. And speaking of KDE, it's just one KDE PC + another KDE PC, which is basically useless, since it's a rare person nowadays to be walking around with a KDE PC in his pocket. So, yeah, I kinda hate Apple (I like my stuff configurable), but I wonder more and more how long is it until I drop other devices/OS', and buy an iPhone + MacBook.

HaHa31 8y ago
KDE connect has an Android app that does this and most of the other stuff I assume Apple enables; I don't use Apple products, because I use Arch and Android.
- Jim_Heckler 8y ago
  Yep, KDE Connect is fantastic. I was really thrilled when after installing the mpris extension for Mopidy, I was able to see the current track playing, including album art, and pause/play with zero latency. That's just the icing on the cake of notification and clipboard mirroring.
andmarios 8y ago
No difference, it's KDE + android. Not only it has bidirectional clipboard syncing (so copy a 2FA token from the mobile to the PC) but also other nice features. Like if your phone is ringing, your PC will pause automatically YouTube or play music / spotify tabs on chrome. You can control PC media (e.g. again play music on chrome) from your phone, sync notifications uni or bidirectional, share/browse files, use the phone as a trackpad or keyboard for the PC, answer messages from the PC, etc.
- krick 8y ago
  Wow, that was a stupid mistake on my part. I don't know why I was convinced it doesn't work with Android. It is indeed really awesome.
emilsedgh 8y ago
And speaking of KDE, it's just one KDE PC + another KDE PC, which is basically useless, since it's a rare person nowadays to be walking around with a KDE PC in his pocket. Nah. It's any Linux computer [0] <-> Android [1]. [0] KDE Connect works on Gnome as well. [1] It can connect to any Android device as it has an Android app. And as other's have commented, it has many more features than just the clipboard. I'm using an iphone now and the biggest thing I miss from Android is KDE Connect which is not available on iOS.
pbhjpbhj 8y ago
I use the remote control feature to annoy my son - use phone as touchpad - but as Firefox can already sync my browser usage I don't need to move stuff around. You can copy phone numbers, quotes, etc., I just never do. Given you can cloud store all of it, why bother with manual local sync. In short it seems cool, just doesn't fit any workflow I use so I was curious what THEIR use case was.

by krick 8y ago

HaHa31 8y ago

KDE connect has an Android app that does this and most of the other stuff I assume Apple enables; I don't use Apple products, because I use Arch and Android.

Jim_Heckler 8y ago
Yep, KDE Connect is fantastic. I was really thrilled when after installing the mpris extension for Mopidy, I was able to see the current track playing, including album art, and pause/play with zero latency. That's just the icing on the cake of notification and clipboard mirroring.

andmarios 8y ago

No difference, it's KDE + android. Not only it has bidirectional clipboard syncing (so copy a 2FA token from the mobile to the PC) but also other nice features. Like if your phone is ringing, your PC will pause automatically YouTube or play music / spotify tabs on chrome. You can control PC media (e.g. again play music on chrome) from your phone, sync notifications uni or bidirectional, share/browse files, use the phone as a trackpad or keyboard for the PC, answer messages from the PC, etc.

krick 8y ago
Wow, that was a stupid mistake on my part. I don't know why I was convinced it doesn't work with Android. It is indeed really awesome.

emilsedgh 8y ago

And speaking of KDE, it's just one KDE PC + another KDE PC, which is basically useless, since it's a rare person nowadays to be walking around with a KDE PC in his pocket. Nah. It's any Linux computer [0] <-> Android [1]. [0] KDE Connect works on Gnome as well. [1] It can connect to any Android device as it has an Android app. And as other's have commented, it has many more features than just the clipboard. I'm using an iphone now and the biggest thing I miss from Android is KDE Connect which is not available on iOS.

pbhjpbhj 8y ago

I use the remote control feature to annoy my son - use phone as touchpad - but as Firefox can already sync my browser usage I don't need to move stuff around. You can copy phone numbers, quotes, etc., I just never do. Given you can cloud store all of it, why bother with manual local sync. In short it seems cool, just doesn't fit any workflow I use so I was curious what THEIR use case was.