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Florke×64 🏴‍☠️
Florke×64 🏴‍☠️
@florke64@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@Dendrobatus_Azureus yeah I know, thats why I said it. I just think local send is over-hyped. It is meant for LAN files sharing, and this problem humanity solved in like 90s. Diffrent solutions get their own place in my heart. Syncthing for easy NAT traversal. KDE Connect for Apple like experience on any phone. Nextcloud for its web interface. In single houshold setup I'd use SMB (Wndows built-in default) or SFTP (default on Linux). Less configuration, less programs to work with. The standards.

Dendrobatus Azureus
Dendrobatus Azureus
@Dendrobatus_Azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@florke64

I've read your responses to my toot twice. Thank you 💕 for reacting.

IMHO your though process does not justify the hate you've got for localsend.

Your hate towards, the for you unknown program, localsend is **unfounded*"

Cherish the fact that there is choice and diversity in OpenSource programming.

Stable release versions for synchronizing files exist since the 1970s, not the 1990s. You've clearly not been around long enough to realize that fact **

Ever since plain simple sh existed, such programs were coded. One such program was coded more than fifty years ago and is still in active use.

Please be so kind to use wisdom and intelligence when you react and respond to toots. You acted like a typical snobbish Linux user. Reactions like yours don't contribute anything positive, no one learns from toots like the ones you posted in this thread.

I've never had such responses from the people in the BSD range of Operating Systems.

Even here on the FediVerse the diverse responses from Linux only users and programmers were not of such nature and low caliber.

I'm surprised, yet paradoxically expected your motivational chain.

** If you have been around long enough, to know open source code from the 1970s, look in the mirror and ask yourself why you have reacted in such a manner .

I will still wish you a good day / night, wherever you may reside.

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#KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

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Florke×64 🏴‍☠️
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@florke64@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@Dendrobatus_Azureus frankly, I dont get hype around localsend. Never used it but I hate it. You must install on both ends, like KDE connect, but KDE connect gives you a lot more than just sharing a file. And if the only thing you need is filesharing, then you have plenty of solutions to choose from - most of them only need serverside, and nothing new to be installed on client. So where is benefit of localsend?

Dendrobatus Azureus
Dendrobatus Azureus
@Dendrobatus_Azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@florke64

Thank you for your reaction.

Your statement
'never used localsend but hate it'
fascinates me. Can you elaborate on how your process of thought flows when you say that?

I cannot hate something I don't know, I don't test, I don't try out, and I do not even hate things or people, because it is positive energy, that I flipped around to negative energy, which benefits no one; not even me

#KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

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Dendrobatus Azureus
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@Dendrobatus_Azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

I should note that you can not make the mistake of comparing KDEconnect extended capabilities with those of localsend.

They operate on totally different realms.

KDEconnect has a set of plugins which work like functional libraries. There so many that I will have to include a screenshot, just to give you a sample of what KDEconnect can actually do.

Local follows The Unix Principle; it does One thing in a does it very well.

In case you've gotten curious; you can install KDEconnect with its accompanying libraries on another working environment apart from KDE. You do not need to run a full KDE Desktop Environment.

Over here I run KDEconnect on machines which have Xfce4 running, while it's counterpart runs on a couple of Androids.
KDEconnect also runs on Ancient Android Operating Systems

The programming team of KDE does not care where you run it's wonderful software as long as you can enjoy it.

The same goes for The GNOME programming team. I run Cairo Dock ** and GPartED also on Xfce4. In fact I run many Gnome libraries in Xfce4 to have crucial functionality in many parts of the Xfce4 Desktop Environment. Without those wonderful libraries I would run a crippled version of Xfce4.

I have include screenshots from one of my energy efficient desktop computers where I will show you that I run GNOME software and KDE software in Xfce4 DE

I've just finished configuring the weather applet in Cairo Dock which gets its feed from OpenMeteo (not visible in screencap01)

**Update: Cairo Dock is programmed by it's own dedicated team. They have been doing the awesome work since 2007

In screencap 01 you see
* KDEConnect to the left
* Thunar from XFce4 to the right with important GNOME libs giving it extra functionalities
*Cairo Dock from GNOME at the bottom with advanced launch capabilities

https://open-meteo.com/

#KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

In the screencap you see
* KDEConnect to the left
* Thunar from XFce4 to the right with important GNOME libs giving it extra functionalities
*Cairo Dock from GNOME at the bottom with advanced launch capabilities
In the screencap you see * KDEConnect to the left * Thunar from XFce4 to the right with important GNOME libs giving it extra functionalities *Cairo Dock from GNOME at the bottom with advanced launch capabilities
In the screencap you see * KDEConnect to the left * Thunar from XFce4 to the right with important GNOME libs giving it extra functionalities *Cairo Dock from GNOME at the bottom with advanced launch capabilities
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Hacker News
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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

AirDrop support for Pixel 10 likely exists because of the EU ruling

https://9to5google.com/2025/11/21/googles-airdrop-support-for-pixel-10-likely-exists-because-of-the-eus-apple-ruling/

#HackerNews #AirDrop #Pixel10 #EUruling #Google #TechNews #Innovation

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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/the-eu-made-apple-adopt-new-wi-fi-standards-and-now-android-can-support-airdrop/

#HackerNews #EU #WiFi #Standards #Apple #AirDrop #Android #Technology

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podfeet
podfeet
@podfeet@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

This is excellent! On many of the group tours we've been on, traveling the world, the iPhone people happily trade photos of the day back and forth with AirDrop, leaving our Android friends out in the cold. I like everyone happy.

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/20/iphone-android-airdrop-quickshare/

#AirDrop #QuickShare

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Brad Linder
Brad Linder
@bradlinder@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Android Quick Share now works with Aple AirDrop... although right now it's only rolling out to Pixel 10 series phones. Support for more devices is expected in the future. Notably Google developed this feature without Apple's support. https://9to5google.com/2025/11/20/android-quick-share-airdrop-pixel-10/ #Android #iOS #CrossDevice #QuickShare #AirDrop

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Privacy Guides
Privacy Guides
@privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

This Pride Month, there are many reasons you might want to protest & fight for your rights.

If you do decide to join the action, make sure to prepare properly to keep yourself safe.

Your smartphone is an essential tool to organize and report, but it can also make you vulnerable to the mass surveillance many protests are targeted with.

Here’s how to prepare your device before a protest to minimize your risk: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/23/activists-guide-securing-your-smartphone/

#Privacy#Protest#Pride#PrideMonth#LGBTQ#June14#NoKings#NoKingsDay #50501movement#USpol#PrivacyGuides#HowTo#Apple#AirDrop

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