Yeah I figured out that trying to learn docker (which I failed and resorted to installing a desktop environment to be able to copy paste, which still wasn't enough so I added portainer) while trying to learn how to run a Linux server, while trying to learn how to best use proxmox all at the same time may not have been the wisest decision.
But I grabbed an nvme laying around to throw on the laptop and trying to learn Linux and docker/portainer on a local machine.