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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?

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

container management is just the tip of selfhosting with docker.

learning the CLI will go a long way to help themselves later when they need to learn it to fix something the UI doesn't handle well.

Be nicer.

would you have preferred noob?

[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

learning the CLI will go a long way to help themselves later when they need to learn it to fix something the UI doesn’t handle well.

I agree with you on this, but we don't now the constraints of OP. Perhaps the mentioned clients need access. Ask instead of assume.

would you have preferred noob?

I have no problem with other people's level of knowledge, be it greater or lesser than mine. I have a problem with how you conveyed your message. Here is how you could have phrased it instead, as an example of what I meant with "be nicer".

Learn the command line, it will more than likley be of great help in the future. Better now than never.