On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 07:18:54 -0700 stan via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When I searched for this, I came up empty. I was thinking that there > would be a USB plugin device or a pcie card that allowed a desktop to > communicate with a cellular network. Put a sim in it, and bingo, can > call using the desktop instead of the smartphone. I think it would be > useful for troubleshooting things like having trouble with a website > over the phone with support. Could do both on the desktop instead of > having a phone and desktop, and switching. Maybe it is so niche, or > has such a small market, it just doesn't exist. So, this link is old but promising. The OP wanted to do exactly what I want to do. It sounds like it wasn't easy to do at that time, though there were solutions. I really don't want to use Google voice if I can help it. Or bluetooth, though that is local, so more acceptable. I am concerned about the mention of security holes for bluetooth. https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/39886/answer-phone-calls-directly-from-computer-linux There is something to do this in windows. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/make-and-receive-phone-calls-from-your-pc-21564230-abf6-f2bb-c7b7-1b15570662f5 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/introducing-microsoft-phone-link-and-link-to-windows-2e4bb4c0-f99a-4464-92a8-5264c7c39734 What I think I can glean from these pages, is that it requires software on both the phone and the pc. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
