### KDE Connect
>A cross platform open source app that lets you connect any two devices over a network.
KDE Connect is an app that makes it easy to connect your DeGoogled phone and/or Linux Phone to your Linux laptop using your phone's hot spot, or any network.
KDE Connect can do these things:
- Share files
- Share clipboard
- Control Slideshows w/phone
- Send/Receive texts on laptop
- (Using KDE Connect Taskbar Indicator)
- Control laptop media player
- Move laptop mouse pointer
1. Install KDE Connect on phone
Use [F-Droid](nostr:nevent1qqs0p2dtgr60nkwp6txz3l0qnjy8vjl29kmghj7qq9yfae0ekna33sqpzdmhxw309akx7cmpd35x7um58g6rsd3eqgsym07t03wahqjfl8r7hrppuqvlpralklk9mm25pzmpgkgtawx3d9grqsqqqqqpwg75qz) to install it on Android
2. Install on laptop
For Debian based distros:
```
sudo apt install kdeconnect
```
On your laptop firewall, make sure you open ports that KDE Connect uses.
To do this, open up terminal and enter these commands:
```
sudo ufw enable
sudo ufw allow 1714:1764/udp
sudo ufw allow 1714:1764/tcp
sudo ufw reload
```
3. Connect both devices
- Connect both to the same network
- Open app on both devices
- Find and pair devices
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#KDEConnect #Fileshare #Linux #KDE #FOSS I have and use KDE connect for my main and it is amazing buggy as hell tho but getting better
I use SFTP and Material Files to transfer files over the phone's hotspot to/from my laptop, but that seems to be too technical for most people. Most people like KDE Connect or Syncthing.
Use KDE Connect for all the other stuff it does if you need it.
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I use Material files and FTP localy to a backup drive on my network
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