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KDEConnect, probably the best (only?) to do what it does in such a magnificent way
The entire KDE Community is incredible. From KDEConnect to Kdenlive, Krita, and Plasma I am a very happy nerd.
Kicad is up there with the paid options for electronic schematic drafting / PCB design. I don't use a lot of KDE stuff since I also don't use KDE, but Kicad is absolutely essential for me.
Despite the K in its name, KiCad is nothing to do with the KDE project. It's an independent program started (iirc) at a French university. I agree it's awesome, though.
Well now... TIL!
It's so good that it absolutely killed my will to maintain a project I had that does something like this once I discovered it. They even support Windows too.
Been there, doing that, cf https://git.benetou.fr/utopiah/offline-octopus
It’s wonderful.
I do miss being able to send stuff from my PC to my iPhone though, but that’s Apple’s fault.
Out of curiosity, what is it you use it for? I pretty much only use it for SMS, for which it is kinda janky and unstable. Doesn't always get contact names, doesn't load everything from conversations, misses messages that I sent or that were sent to me, crashes if I scroll too fast, etc. I have Connect installed just to use SMS (cause I hate typing on my phone keyboard), but I'm honestly not even sure what the base software does.
Sharing files and clipboard is a nice feature. Media control might be pretty neat in some scenarios (party jukebox, htpc).
What conpletely blows my mind every time is when KDE Connect time pauses my music on my PC when I get a call on my mobile.
Well I basically never use SMS, so I have no idea if they work for me or not.
At the moment I'm using it to connect my two laptops and phone, mostly for notifications, file and clipboard sharing and remote trackpad.
If find the missed call notifications to be very helpful. I never remember to check my phone, but I'm on the computer all the time. I also like the ability to remote control the music player from my phone since the computer is hooked up to an amplifier with speakers in multiple rooms.