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KDE 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

KDE 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.

shaan7 4y ago
Indeed, kudos to the devs for maintaining a Windows version too!
- TuringTest 4y ago
  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?
  - poulpy123 4y ago
    I don't use it often but it works between my android phone and my windows machine
- IshKebab 4y ago
  They should probably rename it.
  - chungy 4y ago
    I disagree. It attracts interest in the KDE project as a whole.
  - whalesalad 4y ago
    konnect
    - sneak 4y ago
      the k-prefix is a nerd shibboleth that does not help those not in on the joke/tradition/convention.
      - sangnoir 4y ago
        Apple didn't get the memo with their nerdy prefix.
  - pxc 4y ago
    I kinda like that the name draws attention to KDE. And it is still KDE software, whether you're using Plasma as your desktop environment or not.
  - spookie 4y ago
    It's a KDE project, I see no issue
- saghm 4y ago
  I checked recently to see if there was a version of it for MacOS for my work laptop, and they apparently do have one in development, but right now it's only available through nightly builds. The commitment to cross platform support for this really is impressive!
iudqnolq 4y ago
If it wasn't buggy over tailscale it'd be perfect. I was travelling for a month and decided to put my sim card in a cheap android phone and connect to it remotely to keep getting SMS 2FA rather than getting roaming. After about two weeks KDE connect over tailscale said the phone didn't exist, so I was glad I'd set up google's remote sms as a backup. (I verified through tailscale it was still connected).
- vanderZwan 4y ago
  Could another possible reason perhaps be some kind of battery savings setting on the android phone at home? Since you technically didn't open it directly for two weeks.

shaan7 4y ago

Indeed, kudos to the devs for maintaining a Windows version too!

TuringTest 4y ago
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?
- poulpy123 4y ago
  I don't use it often but it works between my android phone and my windows machine
IshKebab 4y ago
They should probably rename it.
- chungy 4y ago
  I disagree. It attracts interest in the KDE project as a whole.
- whalesalad 4y ago
  konnect
  - sneak 4y ago
    the k-prefix is a nerd shibboleth that does not help those not in on the joke/tradition/convention.
    - sangnoir 4y ago
      Apple didn't get the memo with their nerdy prefix.
- pxc 4y ago
  I kinda like that the name draws attention to KDE. And it is still KDE software, whether you're using Plasma as your desktop environment or not.
- spookie 4y ago
  It's a KDE project, I see no issue
saghm 4y ago
I checked recently to see if there was a version of it for MacOS for my work laptop, and they apparently do have one in development, but right now it's only available through nightly builds. The commitment to cross platform support for this really is impressive!

iudqnolq 4y ago

If it wasn't buggy over tailscale it'd be perfect. I was travelling for a month and decided to put my sim card in a cheap android phone and connect to it remotely to keep getting SMS 2FA rather than getting roaming. After about two weeks KDE connect over tailscale said the phone didn't exist, so I was glad I'd set up google's remote sms as a backup. (I verified through tailscale it was still connected).

vanderZwan 4y ago
Could another possible reason perhaps be some kind of battery savings setting on the android phone at home? Since you technically didn't open it directly for two weeks.