It allows you to view the notifications from your Android phone on your desktop,and,should you wish, It allows you to respond to text messages through your Linux PC.
KDE Connect also has other useful features.
You can control your Linux computer from your Android device. It even lets you share web pages between devices.
Install KDE Connect on Ubuntu Linux
You don’t need to have KDE installed on Ubuntu to run KDE Connect. It will work well with Unity, GNOME, or whichever desktop environment you’re running.
Since it’s part of KDE, it is available in Ubuntu’s repositories, and is therefore available to most if not all Ubuntu based distros,Mint included,and can be installed directly with the Apt command.Just open a terminal and copy and paste the following command.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install kdeconnect
In order to get the most out of KDE Connect on non-KDE desktop environments,
you can install a third-party program called Indicator KDE Connect.
It provides integration for other desktop environments via their notification systems.
However to download the indicator, head over to the author’s Github repository and download the latest release as a .deb.
But before you can run KDE Connect you'll need to install one additional dependency, so open your terminal again and copy and paste the following command.
sudo apt install python3-requests-oauthlib
Then, change directory into your Downloads folder and install the indicator package with dpkg.
Open your terminal again and copy and paste the following command. (Assuming that you downloaded the package to your Downloads folder,if not just substitute Downloads with the actual location you downloaded it to).
cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i indicator-kdeconnect_0.8.1-amd64.deb
Indicator is a graphical program. You can open it by searching in KDE,Unity etc
There will be two entries. “Settings” one is the one you need to connect.
The other is the taskbar applet.
Install KDE Connect on Android
KDE Connect for Android is also free and open source.
It’s available in both the Google Play Store and on F-Droid.
Either way, you can type in a search for it.
The app will come right up.Install it like you would any other app on your Android device.
Sync Android and Linux.
Syncing up your phone is very easy. Open the KDE Connect app on your phone.
Then, open Indicator KDE Connect Settings on your Ubuntu,Mint etc Pc or Laptop.
In the “Settings” window when you see your phone listed in the box to the left, click on it.
The window will change to display information about your phone.
It will also include a “Pair” button. Click on that.
You will receive a notification on your phone of the pair request which you should accept.
With your phone connected, open the regular Indicator KDE Connect from Unity to run the applet.
Testing Out SMS
There are a couple of ways to test out KDE Connect.
Start with sending and receiving text messages.
You can either send yourself a message or have a friend do it. If you are sending the test then you need to text your own phone number.
A dialog box will pop up with the number that sent the text and the message itself.
Unfortunately, there isn’t a way to reply directly, but you can send a message back.
Click on the applet in the top-right of your screen on Ubuntu. You’ll see the options that are available with KDE Connect.
One of them allows you to send a text message. Select that.
The window that opens is quite basic.
There are two boxes:
One for the number of the recipient and one for the message.
When you’re done, you can send it.
Try sending one to yourself to make sure that it’s working properly.
It’s important to remember that your PC/Laptop isn’t actually sending the message.It’s passing the message along to your phone,so sending a message without a paired Android phone wont work.
Other Connect Features
KDE Connect can open web pages from your phone on your Linux computer.
You can send interesting pages that you come across on your mobile device to your desktop to view on a larger screen or read later.
KDE Connect is interesting and works just fine,how useful it would be in the real world,rather depends on the end user.
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