sucks to hear, but thanks for your info!!

I figure that people are able to tell from context that I mean GNU/Linux

Sounds like it’s possible, but maybe with a backup phone. Unfortunately I do have some apps that I need to be able to run which only support iOS and android

Nextcloud seems like the first set of office tools that has a chance to actually compete with the entirety of Ms office. They still have a long ways to go, but it’s a hell of a lot better than just stock libreoffice

Thanks, I’ll check it out

recently got asahi running on an m1 macbook pro. loving the battery life that I get out of it

This 100%. Even if you don’t like canonical, you can get Ubuntu for free and then later pay for support if you need. They have experience managing fleets of systems.

There’s a post on Reddit where a Brazilian state government org is testing out Ubuntu at scale.