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. Inspired by the responses here that allowed me to understand what I was searching for, I eventually found a program called scrcpy. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/ It allows a linux desktop attached to a phone, either via usb or tcpip, to control the phone. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/linux.md It is packaged for fedora in copr, so not an official package, but can be installed with dnf copr enable zeno/scrcpy && dnf install scrcpy I haven't fully explored or used it yet, but it sounds like I can use the phone to make and receive calls and texts on the desktop directly. I still have to investigate XMPP and VOIP in more depth, and might bypass using the phone completely if I use one of them as the desktop access method. Probably safer, since there are then two methods of making phone calls and texts. As usual, redundancy / insurance costs a little more since I pay for a phone solution that I otherwise wouldn't. If I go to 5G for the internet connection, I will also keep the redundancy of at least one phone, and possible one of either VOIP or XMPP. The options are determined, I at least understand what they are, if not all about them. Now I just have to decide. Thanks everyone. _______________________________________________ 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
