I ditched Docker Desktop for native containers and everything is better

A personal account of migrating from Docker Desktop on Windows to native Linux Containers (LXCs) on Proxmox for home lab use. The author describes the progression from Docker Desktop (resource-heavy, messy on a daily driver), to Docker-within-LXC (security and UID mapping issues), to native LXCs. Key takeaways: LXCs are more resource-efficient than VMs, avoid the security pitfalls of nested Docker environments, and offer enough flexibility for most self-hosting workloads via TurnKey templates. Docker is still praised for beginners and specific use cases like TrueNAS deployments.