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i want to sync what i copy between my tablet and pc, both running debian.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Just out of curiosity, may I ask why you want to do that?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

im disabed and its easier to use touch. so i wanna copy a link on my tablet and open it on my pc

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

On Firefox I can easily send a tab to another one of my devices using a Firefox account to link them if something like that sounds acceptable to you. I imagine the same is possible with Chrome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

ya i use firefox

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

2FA codes is one thing I use it for

[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (2 children)

KDE connect can do that if they are on the same network

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

i have kde connect and have sync clipboard on but its not working

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are the two Linux devices on the same IP subnet?
Are any of the other KDE connect features working?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Yes to both

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

To sync from android to your PC, you'd need to manually do it by pressing the send clipboard button in the KDE Connect app on your android device. It's due to a limitation imposed by Google. However sync from Linux to android should work automatically. Is that not the case for you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oof, I have no experience with (assuming) apple stuff. But it might be even more restricted than android. Good luck and don't forget to share your solution if and when you find it! :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

? i said both run linux. my tablet runs linux

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Whoops. My bad, apparently I'm too tired to read

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I mean, this still means they're on the same network, right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you have any tips using KDE Connect with a local VPN (Wireguard)? It works great for me on the same network, but unfortunately fails to connect outside of my network despite one (or both) devices connected to my VPN

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You need to input the IP directly, WireGuard doesn't quite do broadcasts in most cases so mDNS won't work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

kinda off topic but will this work in waydroid

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Also your firewall may block some ports through Wireguard, but not through a "trusted home network".

I think opening ports for wireguard helps? To allow incoming traffic?