Comment by pxc

Imo, the GUI isn't really the most important part of things like Docker Desktop.

The nice part is that they (a) set up the Linux VM that runs the Docker daemon for you and (b) handle the socket forwarding magic that lets you communicate with it "directly" by running the Docker client on the host OS. This is likewise true for Podman Desktop, Rancher Desktop, etc.

The GUI is icing on the cake, imo.