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### 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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