Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: yossarian <> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.mint Subject: Re: smart plugs??? Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:10:59 +0100 Organization: M.A.D Lines: 36 Message-ID: <20250116141059.50dfa316@white> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net V8nfK5fNqH1yzKwv3EvfJQfNM+e9OoJ0eiJYy2nEvXcShvt1gd Cancel-Lock: sha1:x8y+AulkzYHP/GaQCwKA/XpgYsQ= sha256:DzmkT7HK10g4OB0zsM7Gd9LlAmzbHvdkA0NIKpljlyc= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Bytes: 2010 Yes, they exist. One of them is this one. https://www.shelly.com/products/shelly-plug-s-gen3 I have experience with one like this. You use your browser to control them. There is no cloud if you don't want to. It connects to your wi-fi network. Just type address into your browser, and you are ready to go. On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:32:47 +0000 Mike Scott wrote: > Hi all. I'm looking for a so-called "smart plug" to control from linux. > > I've just had a bad experience with tp-link's offering, which requires > using a phone to set it up - and enabling in-app purchases to do so, how > unnecessary! My own phone and tablet are too out of date for their > software to install, and I'm not about to change settings on anyone > else's. Unfortunately, PyP100 needs the device to be already set up :-{ > > > So - is there a smart plug around that can be set up and controlled from > linux without all the garbage the makers seem to want to inflict? > > TIA. > > > -- > Mike Scott > Harlow, England -- Running Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia) using Kernel=6.5.0-45-generic on x86_64 , Cinnamon, lightdm, x11 AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics (16) @ 5.288GHz