KDE Connect: Enabling communication between all your devices

> enables all your devices to communicate with each other

I've tried using KDE connect on two desktops (my laptop running Fedora KDE and my desktop running Nobara, also Fedora KDE) and this statement appears false. It was extremely buggy connecting them, and when they did "see" each other, none of the functionality I expected worked. Wanted to use the shared clipboard feature but it didn't work, nor did anything else.

This was early this year, maybe it's gotten better since?

KDE Connect is really for mobile (Android) devices and a computer, not computer to computer, IME

Works well for sending things between my laptop (Kubuntu) and Steam Deck.

It works fine for me, and has been for at least 2 years, between any subset of 2 laptops (KDE, WiFi), one desktop (KDE, LAN), and two Androids (WiFi). They're all on the same subnet though.

SSH File sync applications are reliable...

Android: "Transfer Files To Computer, PC" ( Michal Bukáček includes GPL git URI, YMMV as we still need to audit it for traffic)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.bukacek.fil...

iPhone: PhotoSync is free to transfer movies and low-resolution images

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photosync-transfer-photos/id41...

MacOS:

https://github.com/macfuse/macfuse/releases

Windows 11: sshfs is slow, but allows user account constrained access to remote shares

winget install -h -e --id "WinFsp.WinFsp"

winget install -h -e --id "SSHFS-Win.SSHFS-Win"

https://github.com/winfsp/sshfs-win

Windows 11 system tray sshfs link manager:

https://github.com/evsar3/sshfs-win-manager

Windows 11: Local OpenSSH service setup

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administrat...

If your home router is dynamic DNS only, the ISP will usually still support ports >1000:

https://www.noip.com/

Or DIY with your own DNS solution with cloudflare:

https://linuxconfig.org/automate-dynamic-ip-updates-for-your...

Also tried KDE connect a few years back, but didn't like the idea of giving a buggy phone access to shoulder-surf root accounts. Transferring stuff out of a VM with a local samba instance also works, but samba should also be containerized.

Best regards, =3