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A normal on/off switch is fine for any light, including LED.
CFL... compact fluorescent lamp... the little spiral glass tubes cannot be dimmed at all.
LED require an electronic dimmer, and there are so many different dimmers and different LED lamps, it’s trial and error to get ones that are compatible.
Varilight seem to be a good bet for any LED
Halogen lamps can be dimmed in the traditional sense using your existing dimmer. Slightly better energy efficiency than old lamps, but not as good as LED.
There were some dimmable CFLs available but rare.
I agree with the Varilight V-Pro dimmers or modules, however I have just had to return 5 which didn't dim out of the box & 1 which failed to dim after a couple of hours, so don't know if they have a new batch problem.