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  "path": "/post/64344546",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T15:32:58.000Z",
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    "Linux Phones",
    "halfapage",
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    "8 comments"
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  "textContent": "submitted by halfapage to linuxphones\n32 points | 8 comments\n\nWould it be possible to use Linux PC working with - for example - Quectel modem broken out on a PCB with a SIM card slot and an antenna as a substitute for a phone? More specifically:\n\n  * are linux drivers for such modems readily available? The ones I’ve been working with are basically USB devices, they work with raspberry pis but I have no idea if the drivers are custom/propertiary and if you can phone/send SMS through them. In the application I’ve seen they only provide access to the internet.\n  * do linux apps working as contact list/dialer/SMS receiver/sender exist?\n\n\n\nI’m tired of buying new phone every few years and more and more of control various OS owners want over devices, and I don’t care if I would look like a mad man using a weird/ugly/inconvenient device as long as I can mix and match components and repair it myself. Just wanted to ask in case if anybody happens to know answers to the questions above.",
  "title": "4G modem breakout + Linux computer as alternative to a phone"
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