I am using Ubuntu MATE and while trying to download kdeconnect, I found that it tries to pull about 150MB of plasma dependencies along with it. Why is it like that? I don't even think breeze and breeze-icon-theme should be a dependency. I am no expert but it just seems wrong to me. Is there no GTK-based alternative that does the same things as kdeconnect?
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http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/01/kde-connect-indicator-ubuntu – Feb 05 '17 at 11:45
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@CelticWarrior that link doesn't provide an alternative that doesn't require installing 150MB of KDE packages as far as I can tell. – terdon Feb 05 '17 at 11:50
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There is [Pushbullet](https://www.pushbullet.com), an app on your mobile phone that talks to your PC, either to a browser plugin or to a stand-alone application [PB for desktop](https://github.com/sidneys/pb-for-desktop/releases). – Jos Feb 05 '17 at 12:29
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@Jos I know pushbullet but it is free neither as in beer nor as in speech. – vyashole Feb 06 '17 at 05:11
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That is simply not true. I use Pushbullet on several devices and I have never paid anything. If you wanted open source solutions only, you should have mentioned that in the question. – Jos Feb 06 '17 at 08:44
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1@Jos Pushbullet has file size limits. So no, it is not free. Secondly, I want something that works over local network only. – vyashole Feb 06 '17 at 10:04
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https://github.com/bboozzoo/mconnect. Mconnect but nobody wants to give it any help or love. Wish it would though – Roo79x May 21 '17 at 10:36
