On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 07:18:54 -0700
stan via users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> 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
You might want to check out "kde-connect" which is packaged for Fedora.
It works on other desktops as well.