Thought I’d create a distinct thread from the previous one asking about daily use, because I really do want to hear more on people’s pain points. Great to know people are generally sounding pretty positive in those posts who recently switched, but want to know your difficulties as well! This way old and new users can share their thoughts, hopefully to inspire a respectful discussion.
Apple guy here, so no, I don’t use Linux. I have before, and I have off and on for about 30 years. I’m not subbed here, I browse /all and see a bunch of stuff. Thought this was worth replying to.
Like I would never tell an Android user they can’t use a Mac because they wouldn’t get Universal Clipboard, but dammit, that feature is so useful. Of course we don’t have Linux phones but supposedly they’re coming, and I’d be super interested in one. At one point it was important to have an iPhone because of privacy and power. But we hit a plateau years ago and it’s all marketing bullshit now. Any flagship from the last 5-6 years is still pretty good. So until someone takes a step forward, might as well get a Linux phone, and it’s gonna beat the iPhone to privacy.
So looking back to the Linux that exists today, I’d like to see an E2EE clipboard sync system that, for now, syncs between a Linxu desktop and a Linux laptop (or two of whichever). Shouldn’t matter which flavour of Linux either. Syncthing does similar stuff and it’s on Mac and Windows, so maybe something involving that? Then when people get phones, just run the service on the Linux phone.
kde connect allows you to sync the (text) clipboard between a pc and a smartphone that are in the same network.
Cool! Does it do it automatically (once set up)?
There’s a million different apps for this, and they add features on top like sharing one mouse, keyboard between devices, etc…
ClipCascade looks like it does the universal clipboard thing.
Available on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android (no iOS due to Apple restrictions).
The server/relay component can be self-hosted too.