I have been trying to use podman with docker containers to avoid the docker license fee, yet to no avail. Wish there was a tutorial. The docker desktop is a nice interface to interact with containers and podman did not have that last time I checked.
edit: Looks like it changed quite a lot. this looks so much nicer
edit2: I still need a tutorial. had so many errors come up. :(
I don't want to dissuade you from Podman Desktop, because Podman is awesome in its own way, but I do hear you about the "uncanny valley" part.
I wanted to offer that you don't have to jump all the way to podman (and Podman Desktop) just to escape the Docker Desktop licensing problem. There are a lot of alternatives which a whole spectrum of "I am CLI savvy or not" interaction experiences
edit: Looks like it changed quite a lot. this looks so much nicer
edit2: I still need a tutorial. had so many errors come up. :(