Looking for options to send SMS from Gnome desktop.

I’ve been using google’s browser based app, but obviously would like to use something that is not google dependent.

I’ve tried gsconnect. I need to give it a good go but my initial findings are disappointing. If this is what others are doing then I’ll stick with it.

I thought there would be some way to view the android ui from my phone, on my gnome desktop but that doesn’t seem to be a thing.

  • lemonhead2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    12 hours ago

    u can view the android ui on your phone. u need to enable debug mode, and then use scrcpy

    but for ama messages u can just use kdeconnect or the Google messages web interface

    • fizzle@quokk.auOPEnglish
      1·
      11 hours ago

      Thanks. Someone else mentioned scrcpy.

      I already said I dont want google or gsconnect.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    9 hours ago

    You’re shooting down good suggestions here, so I’m not sure if you don’t fully understand the problem, or are asking for the moon.

    Are you wanting to send SMS from a specific device and SIM, or just ANY kind of SMS?

    SMS is controlled from your provider. If you want to send from said provider, you need a device or app that can access their network. T-Mobile has a browser-based interface for this, and I think Mint does as well. Otherwise you need to get an SMS provider with an API to interact with, like Twilio, VoIP.ms, or similar.

    • fizzle@quokk.auOPEnglish
      2·
      8 hours ago

      Sorry where am I shooting down good suggestions?

      Honestly you sound like you don’t understand the problem.

      The first comment, scrcpy, is pretty much the answer.

  • harc@szmer.infoEnglish
    21·
    12 hours ago

    My guess would be something from the mobile linux stack, but that might be assuming GSM is used directly, not controlling an external android or something like that which Im guessing youre looking for?

    Anyway it seems that for example PostmarketOS uses https://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/spacebar Theres prob. more alike. And when everything else fails, its pretty much guaranteed theres some XMPP magic to do that, there always is.