It’s perfectly possible to have a smart home that does not call home. Home Assistant is an amazing piece of software that can allow smart devices from different manufacturers talk to each other without connecting to a cloud service — all done locally.
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I’ve been using ikea bulbs since I started with home automation and have had no issues. Some I connect directly to my Zigbee receiver and others I connect to the dirigera hub which home assistant sees through HomeKit.
You probably won’t get emails from Reddit anymore.
I always figured that was exactly why they had both consoles.
Curious that you typed c/o instead of %. I don’t even know his to type that on a keyboard lol
Wow finally gyro support. That’s the biggest info nugget for me.
Right. But most people who subscribe to a Linux community on Lemmy have probably heard of Linux before.
Not to brag but my wife has 18 months and I have 2 months. Canada doesn’t always get it right but when we do it’s fantastic.
Not exactly a VM but a desktop environment.
Fair enough! Not trying to guilt or pass judgement.
Have you used windows sandbox before? I’ve used it with success back when I used cracked executables.
You could always run it in a sandbox if you’re not sure.
Unpopular opinion: for executables, I purchase everything. It’s no longer worth it to me to risk a ransomeware attack. The game you’re looking for is $20 on steam which certainly isn’t free, but worth it imo.
Put home assistant on a raspberry pi, plug a Zigbee dongle to it, and start connecting smart gadgets to it. Or better yet buy a home assistant Green. You can check the home assistant docs to see if a smart device requires cloud connectivity to work — in general if it connects through Zigbee (or ZWave or Matter) then you’re good, but if it connects through WiFi then it probably is cloud based.
https://www.home-assistant.io/
https://www.seeedstudio.com/Home-Assistant-Green-p-5792.html
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/