I have always been partial to the look and feel of KDE, and I am used to the KDE family of apps (Ktorrent, Kdenlive, Dolphin, etc).

Also, KDE has sweet Android phone integration!

KDE Connect

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

The best way to interact between Linux and Android. Using your Android device you can execute code, send files and receive notifications. Easy to use and reliable. An absolute must for any Linux Desktop user.

P.s. it's not just for KDE environment, it works fine in GNOME etc.

KDE Connect gets official Windows support. you can get the Windows client from Microsoft Store: https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9N93MRMSXBF0

I'm going to assume you have an Android phone.

On your Linux machine:

$ sudo apt install kdeconnect

On your android phone, install KDE Connect.

Pair the two over your connection.

Profit.

You can just directly access files, use your phone as a mouse and keyboard, remote control music playing, get notifications from your phone on your desktop, etc. Really shows what the term 'integration' should mean for every other smartphone-to-desktop system out there.

KDE Connect if you're by any chance using Linux.

also EasyJoin, works on Windows, Linux and macOS

KDE Connect

it's establishes a connection between your phone and PC, then you can do the following easily :

• share files
• sync clipboard
• control media of PC from phone or vice versa
• use phone as input device for PC
• use phone as presentation remote
• pauses media on PC when you receive a call on phone
• notification sync

it's like the same connectivity between an iPhone and Mac but for Android and PC.

edit: more features

scrspy in my opinion is the one with least lag

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

Also KDE connect if you don't need screen stream

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

I use kdeconnect[1] to tranfer files back and forth between my android phone and my kde based computer

google chrome web browser can also be used to tranfer files back and forth between an android based device and a computer but i cant seem to find any links with explanations on how to do so at the moment.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp&hl=en

KDE Connect (for Linux users)

> KDE Connect is an Android app and a Desktop app that acts as a bridge between your mobile devices and your computers. KDE Connect provides a ton of useful features such as pushing Android notifications to your desktop, viewing device battery status on your desktop, and clipboard synchronization.

When was this? If it was before 2015-ish, then that's very understandable. IMHO, the Linux desktop only started to get really good around the tail end of 2014 and has since been progressing at an almost exponential rate. As an example, desktop-phone integration has existed circa 2013 with KDE Connect years before similar endeavors by Microsoft and Apple.

If you're not willing to try Ubuntu, then consider Linux Mint instead. It's like Ubuntu, but with more things set up from the start. The interface is also more traditional, so migrating Windows users shouldn't have much trouble learning it.

[](/sillynosleep)Can ya tell I was really scratching up brain for a topic this week?

Anyway yes, I'm Jibodeah and I'm a very computery person. So much so that ~~I'm literally a robot~~ I have a computer science degree and am a professional programmer in that I do programming and get paid for it.

I built my computer (yeah built, it ain't that hard) a couple of years ago now I think. ...Two or three years at least. It's got an GTX 970 which is more than good enough for my purposes. I don't really play that many intensive games. ...but I do have a 144Hz monitor so the extra whack is needed for getting those sky high frame rates. I've got two screens (not both 144Hz, I'm not made of money) 'natch. Sometimes I think I need another, but I don't have the desk space for it.

I've got a blue snowball microphone which is pretty much as good as I'm gonna get without going stupidly expensive. ...I've considered getting like a mic arm previously since it is a fair way from me (on the other side of my loud mechanical keyboard). But since I've been using exclusively push to talk with it for a good year or so now that's become less of an issue.

My headphones are wireless! They ain't bluetooth either it's a digital signal thing that goes like a fair while. So I can walk all around the house while listening to my tunes. Combined with a little bit o' KDE Connect I can can control my music while roaming the house too. That's a cool thing.

Oh so it was slightly evident from the above, but I use Linux (more specifically Fedora with KDE). I like KDE for the customisability. Virtual desktops are fun too.

[](/starlightcaught)I could probably ramble on some more, but I've gotta stop somewhere.

On the same note, I would also like to suggest KDEConnect.

It also has clients for most platforms and if you are Linux it's just freaking awesome.

Better Touch tool if on a newer touchbar model If you use an android device KDE connect on android device paired with Soduto on macbook Gives you an airdrop like experience.

Android phones use the Media Transfer Protocol to expose its storage contents to another device. macOS does not natively support this.

For sharing between a mac and your phone, I recommend the Soduto client on the mac and KDE Connect on the phone. Android File Transfer is notoriously unreliable.

This will allow you to share files wirelessly across your local network between the devices.

There's KDEConnect, which can do exactly that and is open source. It is available mostly for Linux and Windows

You can get an airdrop-like setup with the app KDE Connect on your phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp&hl=en_US

and Soduto on your Mac: https://soduto.com/

I don't do it regularly since most of my media gets uploaded to Google Photos.

However, for file transfers between my mac laptop and my S8+, I use Soduto paired with KDE Connect. It works over your local wifi. Honestly, I mostly use it for smaller files like apks and pictures and it works well. But I don't know how well it works for larger files. Might want to give it a try.

Android File Transfer is horrible

Doesn't KDE connect do this and more? It's part of the Plasma desktop by default, but afaik it is also available for Windows.

> - Shared clipboard: copy and paste between your devices. > - Share files and URLs to your computer from any app, without wires. > - Virtual touchpad: Use your phone screen as your computer's touchpad. > - Notifications sync: Read your Android notifications from the desktop. > - Multimedia remote control: Use your phone as a remote for Linux media players. > - WiFi connection: no USB wire or bluetooth needed. > - End-to-end TLS encryption: your information is safe.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp&hl=en

Some really cool features like stopping music/media playback when you get a call and instantly starting it again when you end the call.

If you have any Linux distro running KDE Plasma, KDE Connect is a really interesting tool for communicating between your phone and computer. It's kind of like the way a Mac and and iPhone share info to make things easier, sharing notifications and allowing you to answer texts, as well as letting you send shell commands, use your phone as a remote mouse/keyboard, share files between devices, etc.

> Android tak umie.

Nie wiem jak wygląda współpraca z Windows, ale z Linuksem jest nieco inna: telefon komunikuje się z PC bezpośrednio, a nie PC jest sam w sobie klientem SMS. Z jednej strony trzeba mieć telefon w tej samej sieci WiFi, z drugiej ficzerów jest sporo więcej:

>- Współdziel pliki i adresy URL w KDE z dowolnego programu, bezprzewodowo.
- Emulacja gładzika: używaj ekranu swojego telefonu jako gładzika komputera*.
- Synchronizacja powiadomień (4.3+): Odczytuj powiadomienia swojego Androida z pulpitu.
- Współdzielony schowek: kopiuj i wklejaj pomiędzy twoim telefonem i twoim komputerem.
- Pilot multimedialny: używaj swojego telefonu jako pilota dla odtwarzaczy multimedialnych Linuksa.

KDE Connect https://kdeconnect.kde.org/

Can use your phone as mouse/keyboard on your computer. And can get phone notifications on computer.

play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

KDE connect.

It also has clipboard copy(works both ways) and bunch of other useful features. It's open soft software too.

that or kdeConnect ( F-droid / Play store) which is also open-source and has ton of other cool and handy features.

No. It's not possible to do that. There is however an app called KDE-Connect. It allows you to connect all Android, Linux and Windows devices to each other and one of the features is clipboard sharing.

When you install it and connect to other devices, it runs in the background and keep a persistent notification to show you if you're connected to any device and their names. And it also has a button for sharing clipboard. When you tap that, your clipboard would be sent to all the connected devices.

Of course this app can do a lot more than that. You can look into it.

You can add an infrared sensor and use the infrared remote, . . But I assume you put an Linux ubuntu distro on the rasberry, it my work out with "KDE Connect"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

And control it from your own phone through wi-fi, it's the best app for remote desktop control, open-source of course

You can use Soduto on Mac and KDE connect on your android. This is as seamless as it can get.

For Mac to Ipad i think airdrop would serve you just fine.

KDE Connect https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

the caveat is that when you want to copy text from Android to desktop, you'll have to press a button on a persistent notification because of Android 10 limitations. it works seamlessly the other way around though.

One thing I recommend for someone with MacOS and and Android phone is the combination of KDE Connect on the Android device and Soduto on the Mac. There are other apps than can give similar functions like Pushbullet. and AirDroid but they aren't free/open source.

I can't offer much information about notifications an your Garmin watch.

> I use a MBP too and transferring files between Android and MacOS is an absolute pain, want to avoid that as much as I can tbh.

You can use KDE Connect on the phone and Soduto on the mac to send files back and forth via local wifi network.

If the Microsoft app doesn't work, try using KDE Connect. It works wonderfully for me:

Windows download: https://binary-factory.kde.org/job/kdeconnect-kde_Release_win64/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/kdeconnect-kde-1.4-482-windows-msvc2019_64-cl.exe

Playstore app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

Try KDE Connect. It has clients for Linux, Windows, and MacOS. It can mirror all of your phones notifications to your computer and it is much more reliable for sending and receiving messages. I can literally leave my phone across the room and use my computer to like a tweet from a new notification or reply to a text message. It's also open source and ad free.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

I personally use KDE connect for this. Absolutely love it and it mirrors notifications and let's you reply to messages and such from your pc, mac, linuxbox.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

If you use Mac OS KDE Connect on the phone and Soduto on the mac give AirDrop like features.

Gnome has a version of KDE Connect called GSConnect that works with the KDE Connect app and has all the same features and is fully integrated with Gnome Shell.

The only problem is that if you want to mount your phone's file system on it you have to use Nautilus (gnomes built in file manager) as it mounts it specifically for that file manager and Nautilus is one of the worst file managers on Linux. I use Nemo (Cinnamon's file manager) that is a fork of Nautilus before they started removing features and that doesn't work with GSConnect file system mount. Anyway apart from that everything works. it is really useful and I use it all the time.

Hopefully Cinnamon forks GSConnect/KDE Connect some time then I can go back to Cinnamon. I dislike KDE as it doesn't work on one computer and broke the other one with Baloo (it had an repeating error and kept writing it to the syslog and filled up my SSD and I had to use init 1 (one user mode) to fix it).

I use KDE Connect on the phone and Soduto on the laptop. This works over your local wifi. You can push files back and forth. KDE Connect also has other functions like clipboard sharing, notification sharing, etc

As others said: "screen as touchpad" is the only kind there seems to be.

That said, try kdeconnect!

Android (also on fdroid)

Windows (download the .exe)

One option is to use a wireless method that uses the local network you're on.

I use a combination of Soduto and KDE Connect. This allows me to push files over the network between the devices.

Maybe, but I just wanted to point out that Files Go's share function is ~~absolute shit~~ unreliable.

I used to transfer APKs to my girlfriend with Android Beam before it suddenly stopped working in Android 10 for no good reason, then I used Files Go until it broke recently for no reason, and now I use KDE Connect.

I'm finally bullshit-free for sharing files with my girlfriend, but I still don't have a good way to share files and links to strangers like AirDrop and Android Beam provided.

I like using a combination of Soduto and KDE Connect.

It allows for sending/receiving files over the local wifi connection among other features like clipboard sharing.

There is an app that does a few things, but not all of what you are looking for.

Gnome Extension https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/

KDE Connect App (Also available on F-Droid) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

I use a combination of KDE Connect and Soduto. It uses the local network you're on so it goes through wifi. I can send files between the devices.

Here's a decent alternative.

KDE Connect paired with Soduto

Everything is done through your local wifi. You pair your phone with the Soduto client on the mac. Then you can share files between the two wirelessly.

• KDE Connect - Over WiFi: Transfer files to/from a PC with Linux. Respond to Texts from your PC. Control your PC's music/video from your phone.
• I know Microsoft has a similar app, but I've not tried it.

I think the main problem you're facing is that the screen is locked, limiting Tasker's options.

I'd recommend you change tact and use something like KDE Connect to sync your notifications to a computer with much more power and ability to run scripts based of different notifications. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

Get an old Raspberry Pi, sync your notifications there, and you'll have a lot more power.

For sharing between a mac and your S10, I recommend the Soduto client on the mac and KDE Connect on your phone.

This will allow you to share files wirelessly across your local network between the devices.

KDE Connect is an option for doing this wirelessly over the local network as opposed to over a cloud-based solution. The data never leaves your LAN and it's SSL encrypted so it's privacy friendly, and it's fully open source.

Windows has unofficial support, here's a link to a nightly build:

https://binary-factory.kde.org/view/Windows%2064-bit/job/kdeconnect-kde_Nightly_win64/

For Android it's on the Play Store and in F-Droid:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

Could you please point me to the Windows binaries? I could not find them. On its GitHub it says this:

Supported platforms:

• Computers running Linux with Plasma 5, Gnome 3, Elementary OS... any distro with Qt5 support given a little work :)
• Android, by installing the KDE Connect app from the Play Store or F-Droid.

AFT is a mess. I gave up on using that app a while ago.

Maybe give Soduto paired with KDE Connect a try. It works over wifi so transfers are slower but I still find it more reliable than AFT.

KDE Connect Universal clipboard, send and receive text and notifications, transfer files, control computer from phone, etc.

It's great.

Thanks! I take credit cards ;) But seriously I think about a donation concept but that it future thinking.

I guess showing a list of all clips will make my app a serious Clipper killer :) But I guess I need to do that.

Syncing is pretty much out of scope fo now, it is too expensive (development and infrastructure cost) and would require a change in the free status of the app, to some kind of premium model.

But there are great alternatives which can be used alongside with Clipboard Actions:

• kde connect (does not require internet connect, just wifi)
  
• clipbrd
• Pushbullet (well not free :( )

I understand what your asking for. I've looked my myself, I have yet found a solution. Since then I've settled on KDE connect: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

The only other thing I can think of doing of messing with a Windows VM to see if that would work.

KDE Connect can be paired with Soduto on a Mac for some of the things you mentioned (and more).

For Linux users, check out KDE Connect. Or https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect. There is also a Gnome Shell implementation: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/. As I run Cinnamon for a desktop, I just use the KDE version.

​

KDE Connect is a project that enables all your devices to communicate with each other. Here's a few things KDE Connect can do:

• Receive your phone notifications on your desktop computer and reply to messages
• Control music playing on your desktop from your phone
• Use your phone as a remote control for your desktop
• Run predefined commands on your PC from connected devices. See the list of example commands for more details.
• Check your phones battery level from the desktop
• Ring your phone to help finding it
• Share files and links between devices
• Browse your phone from the desktop
• Control the desktop's volume from the phone

If you are using Linux, KDE Connect is way ahead of any competition.

You have KDE connect! (Works on any distro)

Instructions
Play Store application
Chrome Extension

I hope you understand that windows peasants are extremely jealous. It's also very flexible

Is this a different app or am I just seeing a cached page or something?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp&hl=en_US

KDE Connect if you're on Linux. it's pretty awesome.

This exists within Linux with an app called KDE Connect

This has been available for a while in Linux.

KDE Connect

You use Kubuntu. The de-facto, fully integrated, super easy-to-use tool for KDE is KDEConnect.

On your computer:

$ sudo apt install kdeconnect

On your phone:

KDE Connect

1. You'll see a little phone with a KDE gear in it appear in your System Tray. Right click > KDE Connect Settings.
2. Launch the app on your phone.
3. It should walk you through the initial pairing.
4. You're done.

You now have:

• Full file access to everything on your phone (Left Click -> Browse this device)
• Your notifications on your phone appear on your desktop
• Your notifications on your desktop appear on your phone
• You can control your media from your phone, instantly, play/pause, fast forward, rewind
• You can use your phone as a touchpad mouse
• You can ring your phone, should you misplace it
• You can send and receive SMS messages from your desktop
• You can further extend it by installing the Plasma/Browser Integration extension for your preferred browser

The next time you're sitting there, watching a stupid cat video on YouTube and your phone rings, your video will automatically pause for you, and automatically resume when you hang up the phone. I'm not joking. It's magic.

But it's still here

This is the first time I've heard of KDE connect.. Very cool!

Play store link :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

KDE connect is pretty good, but it can only act like a keyboard/mouse/notification/music control.

Yes KDE Connect

KDEconnect might tickle your fancy: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp&hl=en

and KDE Connect

Don't see any release announcements blogs anywhere.

• https://nicolasfella.wordpress.com/search/kde+connect/
• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp "What's New"

You can skim the commits with Phabricator, GitLab, or GitHub.

• https://phabricator.kde.org/diffusion/commit/query/gBzx0LM6Ysem/#R
• https://invent.kde.org/kde/kdeconnect-kde/commits/master
• https://invent.kde.org/kde/kdeconnect-android/commits/master
• https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/compare/v1.3.4...v1.3.5
• https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-android/compare/v1.13.1...v1.13.2

You are about to convert me!

Office 700 - Hmm... Its the same developer as that of AndrOpen Office.

>The iPad Pro use a full on screen keyboard by default. You can get other keyboard if you don't like the default one, but the default is actually super powerful (support a trackpad/cursor mode, flick keys without the need to use shift, resizing, swiping, etc.)

I'm looking for the arrow keys in particular - is this outdated?

>I'm not quite sure Samsung's battery life is longer though. Samsung list battery life for video playback while offline, while the iPad list battery life on WiFi. So they might be much closer than you think.

Yup, I'd actually be waiting for the benchmarks and reviews.

>If you're really into productivity the iPad screen aspect ratio (4:3 and 4.3:3) is a big advantage over Samsungs (16:9 and 16:10), since you get more vertical space to work on the iPad and a bigger screen area for the same diagonal. For example, in the screenshot of the Hacker's Keyboard app you shared, you would probably double the available viewing space above the keyboard, which is a big boost to productivity.

IMO, 16:10 (=5:3) is a good compromise between 16:9 for movies and 4:3 for reading. While it does decrease vertical space in landscape mode, it also increases vertical space in portrait mode (which is easier to hold in one hand? I don't know; I have an 8.4" device; don't know how heavy/unweildy would a 11" device be for one-handed use.)

> Also one of the killer feature of iPadOS is how it handles app multitasking and how it let you have as many instances of the same app at the same time (like a true desktop). It's also very useful as an external second screen when you're working on another computer (either wirelessly or connected), or as a drawing tablet attached to your main computer thanks to Sidecar.

I'm not really convinced by the floating app concept (be it iPadOS or Dex or even a large monitor) - I have my windows pinned to certain parts of the screen even on a 27" monitor: IMO, its impractical to use >2 apps until 13 inchers, >4 on 15 inchers, and >6 on 27 inchers. Though, I'd very much like the linux (or unix?) shell.

Second screen: no problems with Android-Linux using a VNC Viewer.

Sidecar: From a brief look, it suggests its for Mac. What about Linux? Anyways, drawing isn't my need. I'd regard both Android and iPadOS equally for second screen then.

Also, is there an equivalent of KDE Connect - basically, you can sync clipboard, transfer files over wifi, control media, and also remote input (and probably more) between Android and Linux, all from one app. (Not sure if "all from one app" is necessary.)

And Fiinote - the killer feature of this (due to which I haven't switched over to something like Evernote and all): it will shrink your handwriting to match the size of the typed matter. Basically, you can use 1 inch height to handwrite, and the app will shrink it to 0.5 cm.

Gsconnect for Ubuntu (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/)

Kdeconnect for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp)

Tasker for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)

Task S2 for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lehoang.tasks2)

Task S2 for Galaxy Watch (http://apps.samsung.com/gear/appDetail.as?appId=IqiNB2jKne)

Kdeconnect should pair Computer and Android when they're on the same network.

Commands can be configured in Computer once it is paired.

These command URLs can be obtained from Kdeconnect android app.

Opening this URL executes the corresponding command in Computer.

Tasks can be set up in Tasker to launch these URLs.

These tasks can be triggered from the watch when Task S2 is configured.

Gsconnect for Ubuntu (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/)

Kdeconnect for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp)

Tasker for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)

Task S2 for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lehoang.tasks2)

Task S2 for Galaxy Watch (http://apps.samsung.com/gear/appDetail.as?appId=IqiNB2jKne)

Kdeconnect should pair Computer and Android when they're on the same network.

Commands can be configured in Computer once it is paired.

These command URLs can be obtained from Kdeconnect android app.

Opening this URL executes the corresponding command in Computer.

Tasks can be set up in Tasker to launch these URLs.

These tasks can be triggered from the watch when Task S2 is configured.

Soduto paired with KDE Connect has been my favourite so far. I also like Join by joaoapps

>* There's an .exe out there for anything

Installation of software on linux is very often significantly easier. And with audited software directly from the distro, it's much safer than downloading random binaries on the internet where there's 3 ads disguised as download buttons.

>* Windows 10 automatically installs the latest and most stable drivers automatically > * An installation system that makes sense for a common user.

Already there in the linux world

The average Ubuntu installation takes 18 minutes.

>* No need to deal with Terminal or any command line bullshit for a normal person.

Already there, but also arguably less necessary. The linux command line is way more powerful and intuitive than Windows, and I'm sure with small feature discoverability improvements, it could easily enter normiespace. Large proprietary software like AutoCAD require the use of a command line for many tasks, should it be considered very unintuitive just because of this?

>* Windows 10 now has a really good antivirus built in. If you've got a relative who downloads every stuff you can get a Mac.

Using a less popular operating system means way less malware in the first place. And antimalware software is very often involved in creating more security holes. Even for the least experienced users, I wouldn't recommend antimalware, when a simple ad blocker can deal with most problems before they happen.

It should be noted that a lot of security problems result from idioms common in the Windows world but less common elsewhere:

• Only using an administrator account, at all times, rather than escalating privileges as needed.
• Running software without any sort of sandbox to prevent overzealous access to the filesystem. This is extremely common in the desktop linux and windows worlds but there are efforts to bring android-like permissions to desktop linux software. Previous efforts such as SELinux, AppArmor, and simply using unix accounts to isolate software files aren't as user-friendly, but have been there for years.
  Microsoft's answer to sandboxing is a terrible closed ecosystem that actively fucks users and developers over.
• Windows Defender might only have a record of windows-specific files that are modified, but since centralized software repositories are so common in the linux world, you can scan for rootkits across all the software you have installed. Essentially, linux's 'equivalant' of the Program Files directory is immutable and controlled by a single piece of software that knows the correct hash for every single file.

>* Windows now syncs with Android phones. My notifications now come on my PCs.

Don't worry, Android is already running on Linux :)

but not GNU/Linux unfortunately.

Edit: I almost forgot about KDE Connect

>Microsoft office

You wouldn't be locked into this if Microsoft actually followed their .docx standard

>You can't say to a video editor or a photographer or a gamer who wants to play AAA titles to go Linux, they will laugh at you. You don't have really anything for them.

You're mostly right, but digital artists specifically can easily be converted to Linux. I've seen a lot of them who swear by Krita and will never go back to photoshop.

KDE Connect + Soduto + HandShaker

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp&hl=en

This looks amazing. Thank you.

There's KDE Connect, but it works over WiFi not USB

Kde connect Join Easyjoin

KDE Connect https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

KDE Connect https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

It's actually possible to do quite a lot with the help of KDE.

You have to download a client on your Mac (works with M1 apparently with Rosetta) and install the host on your phone (Google Play, Huawei AppGallery and F-Droid) and many functions are available.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

You can't cast to a tablet, at least I've never seen one with a cast receiver.

You can share a link, which is different yet it seems like what you want. If you don't use Chrome or don't sign into the same account on PC as on tablet there are many alternatives like the already mentioned Pushbullet, bluetooth (directly), Direct Connect, KDE Connect (works w/o KDE) @ F-Droid or @ Play Store, Your Phone Companion, or even scrcpy.

There a couple of apps but ill let you know 4 of which are pretty well known and open source:

1.KDE connect - pretty simple to use, can connect to both your phones and your android devices. You can share files and do a lot of other cool stuff, like control audio or receive other device notifications.

2.Trebleshot - simple file sharing app using local network and i personally recommend this. It is a bit buggy and not updated anymore but still does the job. Can connect to both computer and phones.

3.Sharik - Same thing as trebleshot but its still in development.

4.Snapdrop - If you prefer to share files without an app, snapdrop is your go to. you can share files in a local network by visiting the website on both devices and sharing files.

Reminder: All these apps are open source, meaning all the source code can be viewed on github.

Soduto on the mac and kdeconnect on the phone can give airdrop like usage.

[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp](KDE Connect)

I don't think it's open source but kde connect works for me.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

If on a local wifi network

KDE Connect on the phone

Soduto on the mac

Gsconnect on the PC and KDE Connect on the phone

It's only recently been ported from Linux to Windows, but there is a free and open source alternative called KDE connect which might be cool to try out. No features are locked to any phone brand or anything like some of the comments seem to say this Microsoft app is and its free with no asterisks. I've never used it on Windows so I don't know exactly how many features have carried over or even can be, but at least on Linux I'm able to:

• use my phone as a touchpad for the pc with basic gestures like two finger scrolling, two finger tap for right click, three finger tap for middle click, etc
• notification mirroring
• sms texting from the pc
• control media and volume
• share the clipboard to copy paste between the devices
• send files back and forth between the devices(even between two phones or two computers)
• use a slideshow remote
• browse files remotely
• custom commands

There's probably other more advanced things it can do that I've not messed with or maybe forgot about. Again, I've never used it on Windows so I'm not sure which features were ported, but I really like the program on Linux and you should definitely give it a shot. It's got both an .exe installer and windows store version available. On android its on both the play store and fdroid.

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https://www.android.com/filetransfer/

Soduto on the mac and KDE Connect on the Android.

If you want a free one KDEconnect will do the job just fine.

Ubuntu uses GNOME as desktop environment, and in GNOME's file manager you can change permissions by right click/long tapping a file, properties, permissions tab. You can also open a terminal and change permissions using chmod, swipe up from the bottom edge for a keyboard if it doesn't come up automatically.

If you have an android phone, you can also install GSConnect on your switch and KDE Connect on your phone and then you can use your phone as keyboard/trackpad

KDE Connect probably does what you want and more.

KDE Connect

https://kde.org/download/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

Lots of other functionality too with a little set-up.

KDE Connect on your phone and Soduto on your MBP for an Airdrop like experience.

KDE connect on android device paired with Soduto Gives you an airdop like experience.

Sure. I use the same phone and I've been using a Mac as my main computer since 2013. That was when I lost interest in building my own PCs and just wanted to try something new and haven't really looked back.

I guess the main thing is mostly file transfer between the two devices. macOS doesn't natively support MTP so it doesn't just show up as a drive like it does in Windows (sort of). You have to use an app like Android File Transfer and it blows. Personally, I use a combination of KDE Connect and an app called Soduto to send files back and forth over the local network.

Other than that, no real complaints that I can think of off the top of my head.

KDE Connect entered the chat.

For everyone else theres this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp&hl=en_GB

kdeconnect.

F-Droid

Play Store

Windows

Just install KDEConnect. Zorin Connect is just a rebranded version of it.

https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

Imo, a better, free and open source alternative is KDE connect. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

KDE Connect

FDroid
Play Store

KDEConnect ?

no?

This app for your mac - https://soduto.com/

This app for your Pixel - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp&hl=en_US

On Linux, it's not a question of if it's possible, but which way you want to do it.

I use Xubuntu 18.10 for our HTPC because it's lightweight, stable, and easily customizable, and I use a Logitech K400+ wireless keyboard as my "controller." It does everything I could do in a "console" format as easily, but a whole lot more as well.

But if you're looking to do something simpler, just movies, music, and games, and you want to do it with Linux, then I'd say start with either Kodi or SteamOS as your base and add a handful of custom launchers for Steam (on Kodi) or Netflix via Firefox (on SteamOS), etc. It wouldn't be that hard, I'm sure. I think you can even just install Steam on your favorite distro and have it launch in big picture mode when the computer starts. Add custom launchers in Steam to that and voila! You're more or less done.

Gnome 3 could probably be made to work pretty nicely with a controller, using something like Antimicro or Kozec's SC-Controller to setup keyboard-to-controller navigation...if it's even necessary. In fact, it's entirely possible to use a smart phone via KDEConnnect (you can use it on any distro) or GSConnect as a controller, as well. Gnome has a nifty app called <em>Games</em> that acts as a general games library and launcher, too.

Whatever solution you choose, it's going to require a little home-rolling work on your part.

I've been using KDA Connect with Suduto on my Mac this past week for file and notification sharing.

I'm not too sure what the problem is yet, but more often than not notifications just don't come through, and my computers stops being able to see my phone on the network. Restarting the phone app fixes it, and then it works great for a while.

Great for a free app (Apart from my unluckiness, I've heard other people had better experiences), but I'm going to stick with Pushbullet and Portal for the moment.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp&amp;hl=en New to me, but OSS is cool, thanks for the suggestion!

Only on Linux desktops, but https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp does this.

Show him how things are done with KDE Connect, if you have Android phone.

If you use Linux, KDE connect is great. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

I haven't used it but doesn't KDE Connect do everything on the local network?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

And KDE Connect for KDE users.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp&amp;hl=en

There is a great app which does much more. Receive and answer messages, shared clipboard, access file system, send files, pause music/videos when you get a call and resume when hanging up, media control, mouse control and much more.

Don't know if a available for Windows though, its fully integrated into the KDE desktop. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp&amp;hl=en