


The simple answer (for me) is convenience. Let’s start by addressing the big ask: why you might want to connect an Android phone to Ubuntu (or any other desktop PC). In this post I show you what features this extension offers and how it works, and show you how to install GSConnect on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or above so that you can try it out for yourself! Connect Your Android Phone to Ubuntu

It lets you connect your Android phone to Ubuntu over a wireless network, no USB cable required. GSConnect is a free, feature packed add-on for the GNOME Shell desktop. Next time need to transfer a file from your phone to PC don’t bother emailing it to yourself: use GSConnectĮasy: all you need is a modern Linux distro like Ubuntu and an open-source GNOME Shell extension called ‘ GSConnect‘.
