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I've been using KDE connect's file transfer feature because I sometimes use my phone to control my PC, works well and fast.
Why do people sleep on KDE connect? It does a lot of things really well and is OS agnostic.
I personally don't like it because (on android) it insists on auto-starting and continuously running in the background with no options to change that behaviour. Every time I use it and after every reboot I have to force quit the app. It would be a great tool otherwise but I find that annoying af.
My reason is that it’s extremely buggy. I find it looses the plot if you are moving more than 1 file at a time, and it often can’t find paired devices even if they are on the same network. Plus it’s over bloated with no default configuration. I.e. I just want to send files. I don’t want it to act as a mouse pointer. And disabling it for each and every device is tedious.
Granted it’s better than any other alternative apps I’ve found. Which is why it’s installed, even on my iPad.
Have you tried LocalSend? Works great for me cross-platform
I did not any it’s beautiful. Good bye KDE connect
Localsend works really well for me
I tried using it but for some unknown reason, it crashes on my PC right when I choose my music folder. Syncthing seems to be working great for me, though.
That's a shame! Be good if someone could look into that later. Glad you found something that works, though.
Yeah.
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KDE Connect :)
Just actually looked into this app thanks to this thread. I always thought it was only for KDE, and I’m more of a GNOME kinda guy. It’s great, and now I have it on all my devices!