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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: Re: Why must I choose either VoIP _OR_ mobile ? Why not both, same
 number ?
Date: 19 Jun 2024 03:45:20 GMT
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On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:45:32 -0700 (Seattle), "Relf" 
<Usenet@Jeff-Relf.Me> wrote in <Jeff-Relf.Me@Jun.18--0.45pm.Seattle.2024>:

> Why must I choose either VoIP _OR_ mobile ? Why not both, same number ?
> 
> "Messages.Google.COM" uses WiFi to mirror texts between my PC & my Droid.
> "Contacts.Google.COM" sets my Droid's contacts to my PC (C:\...\People.CSV).
> "Meet.Google.COM" for video conferencing.
> 
> Yet none of them let me make an ordinary call, VoIP _OR_ mobile.

https://voice.google.com

You can forward your phone to your Google number, and have it
take your voicemail for you.

> 
> I can't install Microsoft's "Phone Link", nor can I install Win11 
> ( my eight-year-old PC doesn't have the required hardware, apparently );
> even if I could, why should I have to use Bluetooth instead of WiFi ?

I thought we didn't have to talk about Microsoft in this 'froup.

ObLinux:
$ /bin/time -v ./try_mpz > /dev/null
	Command being timed: "./try_mpz"
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	Minor (reclaiming a frame) page faults: 87
	Voluntary context switches: 1
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	Socket messages sent: 0
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	Signals delivered: 0
	Page size (bytes): 4096
	Exit status: 0
-- 
-v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti
   OS: Linux 6.9.5tweaked Release: Mint 21.3 Mem: 258G
      "Microsoft - We put the "backwards" into backwards compatibility."