Signal is another Telegram like Whatsapp replacement. I use it to talk
to family in Ohio and daughter in Medford
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Non fenestras quia MCMXC - Linux vincit
On 10/6/25 11:01, Chuck Hast wrote:
I use it all the time. I gather information on my cell phone and come home
to my shop/lab/shack/whatever
and plug cell into my Linux Mint computer. I open app that I use to collect
information on lab gear I service,
and I cut and paste that information from the phone screen to my regular
service app on my linux box.
I also cut and paste data from the service order to the app on my phone. So
from my point of view I am
already, I think, doing what you want to do. I can make the phone screen
quite large, I actually use that
screen next to the work app on my computer where I close out the job.
The phone app is a royal pita to use, so that is why I do this.
Scrcpy rules as far as I am concerned.
I am using a Pixel 8 for the phone and Mint for the desktop/laptop (I use
it on both machines) for my
work machines
Oh and by the way, when someone calls the RX audio comes through the
computer audio system so
no issue there.... I suppose if I had a mic on it that would also be used,
but the phone mic does just
fine there.
I think the only thing I have found that was an issue with it was Whattsapp
but then what can you expect
from Meta that will not even create a Linux app for Whatsapp (I have to use
it to talk to my wife in Costa
Rica and other folks down there. I am trying to get her to move to telegram
which DOES work with Linux
and has a nice native app.) Meta continues to suck and blow dog...
On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM Nat Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
Scrcpy does look cool, I'll have to check it out. here's some more apps
like it:
https://www.airdroid.com/remote-control/alternatives-to-samsung-dex/
On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM Nat Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
Samsung DeX lets you use your android phone like a computer, with a
keyboard and mouse. I think you just need a usb hub or maybe it works
with bluetooth? I know that's not what you asked about though...
On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM Vince Winter <[email protected]>
wrote:
Scrcpy is very good. It binds together a lot of adb. I have used to to
put
my phone on a larger screen. Works pretty well and let's you use a
mouse.
I
use the flags -S for turn off screen on the phone -w for keep phone from
sleeping.
Occasionally there is apps that don't work with it, there isn't really
work
arounds for those. They do it for privacy reasons and/or DRM reasons.
Vince Winter, Technology Sorcerer of the Adept Circle
On Fri, Oct 3, 2025, 5:47 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote:
This is vaguely Linux, because I hope to set up shell scripts
to connect to an Android phone with "scrcpy" (or other Linux
app), and operate the phone with the mouse and keyboard on a
big screen Debian desktop via a USB cable and Linux apps.
Sadly, my jittery hands and elderly eyes make it difficult
to operate a screen phone to put it into the correct modes.
A clicky backspace BUTTON on the Android would be very
helpful, which is why I am trying to connect with scrcpy
from Linux ... and connect to a world that increasingly
requires a "smart phone" for basic survival.
Hearing loss doesn't help, either.
Until now, I depended on my wife for this, but yesterday's
brush with her urgent care doctors made clear that I *MUST*
be able to navigate what I call a dodopaddle. Hopefully
without developing the kneejerk behavioral pathologies that
"smart" phones encourage. That shades into plug-talk; for
now, basic connection to the "smart" phone universe with
Linux, clicky keyboard, and ball/optical mouse is my goal.
Tested ideas? Expert suggestions? Paid help?
Keith L.
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Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
