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My music stopped playing, the phone rang, I answered it.
After speaking for a few minutes, I hung up and the music started up again.
It took me a second to realize that the music wasn't coming from my phone, it was coming from my computer.
#KDEConnect is groovy, y'all. It pauses your music when a phone call comes in. (MPRIS-compatible player required, of course, but even mpv on the command line can do that)
Has anybody tried to write something to use the #SteamDeck like a gamepad for a Linux desktop? I wonder if it would be possible to cook up something via #KDEConnect, although I suspect they over WiFi that would be suboptimal. A direct connection via USB would probably be better.
When you realize that a lot of (not all) of your problems with #KDEConnect (which you complained about loudly) stem from the way you configured your VPN wrong on your phone and it was blocking incoming connections.
I would jump into the KDE Connect Matrix room: go.kde.org/matrix/#/#kdeconnect:kde.org and the KDE Mac room: go.kde.org/matrix/#/#KDE-Mac:kde.org to discuss. Builds are now done on GitLab directly, but it may be the case that nobody has set up the CI builds.
If you installed KDE Connect on Android and it was removed by Play Protect they (KDE) want to hear from you. The link is to Reddit but they are taking reports in other places also (see in their Reddit post).
Finally got #KDEConnect working fairly reliably now that I switched from the wireguard vpn app (using mullvad settings) to the actual mullvad app, which is kinder to local network connections.
Pity the mullvad app eats batteries for breakfast.
Wow, I just tried the gyroscope mouse functionality on #KDEConnect and it's awesome.
I mean, at the end of the day it's just like the presentation plugin, but it's still a great way to handle the TV's computer 🤯 👏
how has no one brought up #kdeconnect as a file transfer method for the #SteamDeck?
it's already preinstalled on the deck
you can transfer from and to phones, Windows and Linux
seems like the most convenient option to copy your roms over lol
@juliewebgirl Since you brought up #KDEConnect I thought I'd talk about it while waiting for me tea.
So important thing is that it only works when all the machines are on the same subnet (your home or office WiFi, does not work at Starbucks where they Correctly segment devices...No more packet sniffing).
It defaults to $HOME/Download but you can change it.
I have...
/Download/
/Download/Bluetooth
/Download/Torrents
/Download/KDEConnect
/Download/WTF
/Download/Funny
@RL_Dane you're a happy #KDEConnect user - does yours still automatically reconnect after say, sleep / switching WiFi networks? It appears that I have to now issue a kdeconnect-cli --refresh before it reconnects.
There's half a dozen bug reports about it not automatically reconnecting since November time.
#Linux and #KDEPlasma is a massive boost to the desktop productivity experience. Instead of requiring a ton of third party, proprietary apps, a lot of the "regular" or even "not so regular" things I might need/want to do can be done directly from #Dolphin, the file manager (equivalent to #FileExplorer on #Windows, #Finder on #macOS).
From Dolphin, I could:
Convert documents and slides to pdf.
Convert annoying image (jpeg/png) receipts to pdf.
Convert images into any other image formats you'd need.
Resize images.
Combine multiple pdfs into one, or break one big pdf into multiple.
Rotate any images.
Combine any images (into a collage).
Convert pdfs into images.
Combine multiple images into a gif or video.
Access and use your Google Drive (or most other cloud drives) directly from Dolphin.
Compare the difference between multiple text-based files.
Many more other things really on top of all of the other, more basic things you could do built into Dolphin like its amazing search feature, and the ability to compress/uncompress any formats including rar. I thought macOS was better at this vs Windows, but even then what macOS is able to do (from Finder) isn't even 10% of what Dolphin could. Also, Finder's insanely freaking slow, I'd actually take the ancient File Explorer any day.
Stavo pensando: da ora che ho la tastiera più piccolina per il #PC, e mi sa che mi trovo parecchio meglio ad usare lo #smartphone come #touchpad (per certi versi più comodo del #mouse normale per me) rispetto a quando avevo quella grossa, potrei quasi quasi comprarlo un touchpad #USB… 😁️
E però oh, non si trovano a un prezzo decente, né su Amazon né su AliExpress, eccetto per uno micragnoso brutto minuscolo (che comunque per il #prezzo è un insulto eh)… #mannaggia!!! E persino da alcuni cinesi locali non ho trovato; forse dovrei cercare meglio in tutti, ma a questo punto neanche ho la certezza di trovare qualcosa, figuriamoci di bono. 😩️
Altrimenti, questa è forse la volta buona che trovo un utilizzo pratico per il mio vecchio #Huawei distrutto, che sta nel cassetto a marcire (il vetro c’ha lo #spacc, ma il #digitizer funziona, e al tatto non c’è problema perché c’è una pellicola intatta sopra)… perché certamente col telefono primario, che mi serve per altro ed è pure bello cicciotto non posso andare avanti così. Preferirei comunque un vero touchpad però perché #KDEConnect#lagga, a meno di trovare #app alternative (o forse mi basta collegare il #telefono al PC con il #tethering USB?) 🐁️
Alla fine, ho sistemato quell’ #applicazione (e l’ho caricata), quindi ora sul vecchio #Android ho sempre #KDEConnect a fare da #touchpad, ma in più ho questo #WebView in primo piano: a tutti gli effetti un #browser#web totalmente funzionante eccetto per il non essere cliccabile, che mi riproduce qualsiasi cosa io voglia. 🤭️
Ecco i #tostapane volanti sul mio #Huawei tutto #spacc, sotto c’è il touchpad #virtuale attivo che funge.Tbh, ogni volta che in qualche modo riesco a rimettere in circolazione degli screensaver su un #dispositivo dei miei, penso che il #mondo è diventato proprio #noioso. Solo perché non sono stati più necessari, ecco che i #salvaschermo sono spariti. Spero che prima o poi torneranno #mainstream come lo erano un tempo, e che le generazioni correnti e future possano ricominciare ad apprezzarli. Ho visto questo #video (sotto) su #RokuCity, che mostra come #Roku ha dimostrato che al #pubblico generico gli screensaver piacciono… quindi potremmo bene farli tornare. Per favore. Voglio. Ormai su molti ambienti utente o sistemi operativi non sono nemmeno più supportati in modo adeguato, e questa cosa fa schifo perché metterli significa avere un’ #esperienza peggiore di cosa si aveva 20 #anni fa… 🙏️
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