### 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 to install it on Android

2. Install on laptop

For Debian based distros:
<br>sudo apt install kdeconnect<br>

On your laptop firewall, make sure you open ports that KDE Connect uses.

To do this, open up terminal and enter these commands:

<br>sudo ufw enable<br> <br>sudo ufw allow 1714:1764/udp<br> <br>sudo ufw allow 1714:1764/tcp<br> <br>sudo ufw reload<br>

3. Connect both devices

- Connect both to the same network
- Open app on both devices
- Find and pair devices

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