Well now that is something I will need to investigate. On Oct 8, 2014 10:29 PM, "Brian Cluff" wrote: > I've been using it for months. It's a great utility. I use mine with > WiFi, so no bluetooth is needed. As long as your computer is on the same > network as your phone they will automatically pick each other up. > > My favorite features are the shared clipboard and being able to transfer > files back and forth via KIO. > > I use the shared clipboard all the time when I need to include a URL in a > text message. It's a lot easier to use a real computer to find things than > to poke around on my phone trying to find a page. > > There is also a multimedia controller that works well, so that you can > remote control your media players with your phone. > > Brian Cluff > > On 10/08/2014 02:01 PM, Nathan England wrote: > >> I don't have access to Gnome so I don't know if this works in Gnome or >> not... >> >> Have any of you heard of or used KDE Connect? >> >> You must have bluetooth on your laptop/desktop for this to work. >> kdeconnect is a small applet that runs in the kde panel and has an app >> that installs on your android phone. Once the two devices have paired >> you get special communications back and forth between the devices. >> >> Example: When my phone rings and I happen to be listening to music or >> watching something on my computer, my volume mutes, so it does not >> interfere with my phone call. >> >> When someone texts me I get alerts on my desktop, which is awesome >> because I often have my phone on vibrate. >> >> I just found this cool little utility, though it's been out for some >> time and I just had to share it. >> >> Linux rocks! >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Nathan England >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> NME Consulting Services http://www.nmecs.com >> Nathan England ( nathan@nmecs.com ) >> Systems Administration / Web Application Development >> Information Security Consulting >> (480) 559.9681 >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >