One might try KDE Connect, Local Send, and Signal which has a desktop client
this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2025
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KDE connect is a life saver.
Cancelled pushbullet for it, it's incredible.
KDE Connect works on Windows!?
Its even on the microsoft store
Honestly the fact that KDE package and distribute windows versions of so many of their apps is really cool. A great way to share the FOSS love with people who might not be fully into it yet
Totally agree
That's like taking something pristine and dipping it in liquid shit. Which can be applied to anything and everything on the store...
It's still miles better than going on the individual websites and downloading installers and then executing the installers to install the program
KDE Connect is good.
It's even better if you're running KDE. Only so much they can do with a Windows program.
Did anyone actually read the article? Its fucking full of grammatical errors and sentences without meaning.
I did not but I'll give you an upvote anyway
Yeah. It is oddly worded in places, but otherwise seems fine. I didn't see any grammatical errors.
Edit: No, you're right:
Windows 11 Phone Link accomplishes the same thing, and it approaches Android connection in the same way Unison does. However, it’s limited to Android and iOS users who can’t utilize the function due to how Windows approached compatibility in the first place.
That makes absolutely no sense.
KDE Connect is a life saver
I just stopped using Connect to Windows to test out Sefirah. I haven't used it enough to form an opinion on it, but it's open source.
This looks like it might be very good. Looking forward to trying it to augment Scrcpy. Wishing it worked on Linux too. Anybody know if there are tools for Linux to similarly increase the functions of Scrcpy?
There is also an option to use Android's QuickShare from MacOS: https://github.com/Martichou/rquickshare