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There are tons of YouTube tutorials for docker.
I learned by finding what I wanted to use docker for and following tutorials. Learned along the way.
I recommend setting up portainer so you can have a user interface with docker. Look up portainer and follow their tutorials to set it up.
My issue is idk what I can use it for. That's how new to this I am.
I know enough about computers and networking to blow up a computer not to have it dance lol
I'm a learn-by-doing guy so I just went hands on. There's a cheat sheet at CLI Cheat Sheet - Docker Docs https://docs.docker.com/get-started/docker_cheatsheet.pdf that I found really helpful.
I struggled with docker until I found docker-compose. Defining dockers in a file allowed me much easier trial and error experimentation.
My man Network Chuck can give you a basic overview: https://youtu.be/eGz9DS-aIeY?si=H_uMJhQTYHJSO2A_
From there, I would just start playing with containers that sound interesting to you. That is what I did!