If you want a easy, reliable and cross-platform way to share files between computers, phones, etc, it may be of your interest.
Using kde-connect for that, works really nicely cross platform.
Also inb4 “Discord community server - no thanks” :D
I tried to use it between my Mint installation and my iPhone but couldn’t get it to work. Didn’t get any error messages, they just couldn’t find each other. Any idea what’s up?
I love KDE connect have been using it for years.
Only issue is recently I tried it on my raspberry pi and some features don’t work. Specifically I can’t get clipboard sharing or remote input to work on my raspberry pi.
Works great on my linux laptop. It’s also available for windows but lacks some sruff there unfortunately. For example you can only send one file at a time and many media players in windows are not recognized and yherefore cannot be controlled from the phone.
I know this is the linux community. Just wanted to mention these things for people like me who also have a windows machine for gaming
Stupid question from an ignorant fool: how does this differ from just using bluray to transfer files?
EDIT: GOD I AM AN IDIOT I MEAN BLUETOOTH. BLUETOOTH. XDDD
Haha
It does work over network, so you don’t need any physical connection apart from being in the same network. Therefore, it’s easier, faster, less complicated, and more.
I mistyped. Lmao. I meant BLUETOOTH. Haha.
Is there a reason I need something more than scp?
Yes, you send files from/to your phone with an app that looks clean and modern
I have an app that does exactly that over scp…
What is that? I am curious because I haven’t seen a competent SCP app for a few years
I just use AndFTP, with SSH. Works fine for local and remote file system navigation. I use it to move files android<->various linux machines at least weekly.
It is good that such app works for you, but from what I’ve seen AndFTP is only available in Google Play store, and with bundled ad in the free version and paid otherwise. In comparison, LocalSend is none of that, and it is available on FDriod as well. LocalSend is also FOSS from protocol to the app through and through, and although SSH technology itself is secure, the security of the client depends. These are all the reasons to answer your question of “I need something more than scp”. I use SSHFS myself too in the case of file backup, but also LocalSend for different scenarios such as “I need this video to be sent to my computer ASAP”. If you are not convinced, feel free to overlook the project, that doesn’t mean the app has zero use case
I don’t like it being HTTP based and TLS (certificate?), nor I am a fan of flutter and the other 70-ish dependencies (https://github.com/localsend/localsend/blob/main/app/pubspec.yaml).
KDEConnect is great and does way more than file sharing, I’ll stick with that.
There are many good sollutions for this use case. Personally I use Warpinator — it comes pre-installed with Linux Mint and just works.
Works perfect for me. Have been using for like a year
Why this over Syncthing?
Syncthing is nice, but Localsend has a more user-friendly interface.
Isn’t that horribly insecure? I have my doubts regarding privacy. LocalSend sends to the device directly, without an intermediary.
I’m pretty sure it only uses the intermediary to establish a P2P connection over WebRTC.
