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] > >> > > >> > > >
