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GSconnect in Ubuntu 18.10 by Default Seamless smart integrationįor its possible inclusion in Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu’s Will Cooke wants to maintain the extension upstream in a similar way to the Dash to Dock extension, i.e. Unlike using KDE Connect, which you can install a non-KDE desktops like GNOME Shell, GSconnect doesn’t require you to install any KDE or Qt dependencies, nor does it require an additional indicator applet to be installed (as was the case in Unity).Īll you need to connect your Android phone to the Ubuntu desktop is 1) the GSconnect GNOME Shell extension and 2) the KDE Connect Android app installed on a compatible device. Using Gsconnect your Android phone and your Ubuntu PC can “talk” to each other to, among other things: transfer files, mount your phone wirelessly, show Android notifications on the desktop, and much, much more. It integrates with GNOME Shell and (optionally) the Nautilus file manager and the Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers.

GSconnect is a complete KDE Connect protocol implementation written in JavaScript. GSConnect is KDE Connect GNOME Shell Extension Ubuntu desktop manager Will Cooke has proposed shipping the GSconnect GNOME Extension by default in Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish.īut what is this extension, and why might it benefit Ubuntu desktop users?

Ubuntu 18.10 may come with some seriously neat Android integration available out-of-the-box.

Is Cosmically Convenient Android Integration Coming?