Smart switch software for Linux/Ubuntu - is there anything available?

[Mike Marchywka]

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On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 10:05:43AM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> Are there any brands of smart switch (smart lights, smart sockets,
> smart plugs, whatever) which offer simple Linux interfaces?  I don't
> have a 'smart' phone because I don't get on with them but I do just
> about always have my laptop with me.  Also a major use of a smart
> switch for me wouild be operating/resetting devices on my boat in
> France remotely and I would want to do that from my desktop machine at
> home.

Do you actually mean smart or intefaced to a computer for computer
control? I was going to look for a lot of USB relays and even
power supplies  or cheap lab equipment so curious what you find.

I'm currently using a laptop for remote monitoring and
the connectivity and power can be issues. I interface using email-
I wrote my own replacement for procmail and will soon eliminate
fetchmail using a neomutt library along with libetpan.

It is mentioned in passing here, as MikeMail,

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marchywka_adding-artwork-activity-6748265617696059392-b3Ej

the current version allows a lot of control but may not
be too secure yet although using email is nice for a lot of reasons.
You can send a zip file containing arbitrary code but it needs
to be signed with a public key available on the destination machine.

Its kind of fun, as you could imagine trying to talk to a satellite or
deep space probe lol.

And if you have any use for a quantiative diary, the main focus of that link,
feel free to express interest in Muqed.

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