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

Thomas Kaiser ubuntu at kaiser-linux.li
Sun Dec 27 15:10:06 UTC 2020


On 27.12.20 11:05, 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.
> 

Shelly [1] has a lot of WiFi operated devices, controlled by the internal web interface or with ioBroker for example.

Or Homematic [2], search for smarthome, IoT, ioBroker. There is a lot out there...

[1] https://shelly.cloud/
[2] https://www.eq-3.com/products/homematic.html

Thomas





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