A couple of questions for #unix gurus.

With the Windows 10 EOL crisis, we are likely going to be switching most of our lab computers over to unix. We have been testing #Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. It seems to meet most of our requirements nicely, but I have two needs I have not solved yet:

1. I am looking for some sort of #SSO system where I can control all of the logins and group permissions centrally for the lab. I don't want people to have to maintain passwords across two dozen computers. I do not need the whole complexity of centralized group policies and the like. I just need SSO.

2. I am looking for a reliable #AntiVirus system. I know that people say unix doesn't need it, but I just don't believe that.

Important keys are (1) most of my personnel are not computer-savvy unix-gurus, and (2) I do not have the time to be a full-time sysadmin for two dozen computers, so the "we can hack this together with enough effort" solutions that I used when I was a (unix-savvy) graduate student myself is not acceptable here. I need a more business-friendly system.

Cost matters, but I'm willing to pay for the right thing. So am interested in both freeware and paid solutions.

thanks for any suggestions.

PS. PLEASE do not respond to this with a rants about freeware vs corporate, or the qualities of unix vs Windows. Those are debates for another time and another place. thx