Signal++ !endorsed by DOW!
On Mon, Oct 6, 2025, 22:54 Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > Signal++ > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM Richard England <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Signal is another Telegram like Whatsapp replacement. I use it to talk > > to family in Ohio and daughter in Medford > > > > > > ~~R > > 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. > > >>>>> -- > > >>>>> Keith Lofstrom [email protected] > > >>>>> >
