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For questions about any smart devices and services that help automate or remote control one's home. Prominent examples are lights, home appliances, roller shutters and radiators.

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How to control my telephone via Mobile/IoT?

Yes you could add a relay that disconnect the telephone wires and control that with a IoT device or ex. a Arduino with a a GSM module like SIM800/900 and control the relay.
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Can I use an ESP8266 as an MQTT broker?

My suggestion would be a mosquitto MQTT broker on a Raspberry Pi. There is an article here https://tech.scargill.net/a-christmas-script/ where Peter Scargill have made a script that installs all nece …
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Fluorescent Tubes - Sonoff Switch?

Yes thats a viable solution. It vary between the different Sonoff devices. Note! Beware, working with mains voltage is lethal!
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Is there a way to control my lights from my Linux desktop?

There are sooooo many ways to do what you ask for. There are proprietary solutions with API's and there are Open solutions with total openness. Your question is broad and hard to give a straight ans …
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Standards for non-Internet-connected WiFi devices?

My recommendation is MQTT. Versatile, lightweight and modular, it can even run on a ESP8266 (Hub and client). The MQTT protocol is available for many platforms from embedded, mobile devices and up to …
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