That headline is a bit ambiguous, ain't it? My first thoughts were for the poor pokémon...
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We're running Linux on the vast majority of PCs at my job. We used to run Lubuntu, but switched to Debian. You can use pam_mount so user folders are mounted from a server at login, to create a "roaming profiles" environment. But there really isn't a great solution for laptop users that might be away from the office.
If you do use pam_mount, don't mount their entire home folder. That will end up throwing a bunch of stuff on the server, like chrome temporary internet files, and their .config folder, that just aren't needed on the server and will slow everything down. Just mount their individual Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Videos, Desktop, etc. folders.
We're a small business, we don't have any Enterprise Support or anything like that.
Because there are free and open source alternatives available, rather than having WinRAR beg you to pay for it every time you open it. You should really try 7-Zip. Haven't looked back at WinRAR or any other utility since.
There's no one "proper" way. Running multiple DEs shouldn't break anything, but each DE comes with it's own set of dependencies and other software, so it does add clutter. There will also be considerable overlap with config files, so if you change a setting in one DE, it could change settings when using another DE.
Having a separate user account per DE will prevent most of the configuration overlap, but it doesn't solve the abundance of packages you'll have installed from having multiple DEs. I don't think there's a great "clean" way to do it.
One thing I love about Linux though, is how relatively flexible the user home directory is. When moving to a new distro or PC, usually everything you need to copy over is within your home directory. For what you're trying to do, I'd consider throwing /home on a separate partition. That way, you can try out multiple DEs and distros, without blowing away your home folder. And you'd be surprised at how small your root partition can be, the vast majority of your storage should likely be reserved for /home. The Steam Deck, for example, uses a root partition that is only 5 gb. On a typical Linux system, I've found 64 gb to be plenty for root.
When switching distros and/or DEs, consider cleaning out various config files in your home folder. Almost all of them will be hidden files that have a filename that begins with a period. I only keep specific config files for programs I want to retain data for, like Google Chrome (.config/google-chrome), Thunderbird (.thunderbird), and Steam (.local/share/Steam). If you use SSH keys you'll want to keep your .ssh folder too. But deleting all other config files will give you a pretty clean start when changing DEs.
There are a lot of parents who don't deserve forgiveness. The raisedbynarcissists subreddit has many examples.
Try installing Linux on it. Check out AnLinux. I'm running Debian with KDE on mine.
Anything wrong with Nextcloud Notes?
Not as old, but I miss when Tripp jeans were in style.
I personally have both the official dock and this "usb-c hub" made by Anker:
https://a.co/d/0aaiUuM
I use the official dock at home, but I use the Anker dock at work. Overall I think I like the Anker one better. It has two HDMI ports that I use with my dual-monitor setup at work. The official dock has one more USB port, but the Anker one includes microSD and SD card readers.
My biggest complaint with the official one is that I couldn't get it to work right with my dual monitors. I tried using a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. Surprisingly, I managed to get it to work properly in Windows, but never in SteamOS. We have other computers running Debian Linux at work using the same DisplayPort adapters, with no issue.
Probably blocks the MAS activation scripts from working too.
Sure enough, on their site: