After trying out Cosmos Cloud (and it not working for the clients), I’m back at square one again. I was going to install Docker Desktop, but I see it warns that it runs on a VM. Will this be a problem when trying to remote connect to certain services, like Mealie or Jellyfin?


ease of use.
I’m a noob at networking.
Don’t think Docker Desktop would simplify networking, unless it added a new feature since I last used it ~2 years ago.
Docker Desktop isn’t needed on Linux. If you want a UI, try Portainer
there’s only one way to get better at it. by doing it.
Or if it’s not something that’s valuable to you just do it the easy way.
What does networking have to do with docker? You haven’t explained what you’re trying to achieve.
Access containers remotely