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Docker is annoying as fuck. Don't blame yourself for not getting it to work.
Bottles is also annoying as fuck.
These two things aren't really a sign of your skill. The first one (docker) is unfortunately super prevalent these days because of memes and bandwagoning. It has its use, but it's also used in many places where it's not needed without providing a comparable means to run software without docker. It sucks how newbies who are just trying to get a program to work all of a sudden have to learn a bunch of docker bullshit. Just another layer of crap to make things harder to learn while the creators jerk themselves off.
Running Windows games on Linux will always be a pain in the ass because you're trying to run complicated, sometimes very old, software that straight up was not designed to be run on Linux! I've been doing it for years and it's still a pain in the ass. Some games only work with Lutris, some require very specific settings. It's all a mess and I don't ever expect a Windows game to work unless I've gotten it to work recently and played it a bunch.
It's not your fault. It's not Linux's fault. This is the price that we all collectively get to pay for not doing things right the first time.
In short, don't lose hope. You're doing fine.
I consider myself to be pretty okay at Linux - I'm no pro but I've been daily driving Linux for 10+ years, can troubleshoot most things, I've installed Arch from scratch without the installer script, I can setup and maintain NixOS without much trouble, I can automate stuff with Bash etc. But I still don't understand Docker even a little bit. I don't know why but I just can't get my head around it. I've even searched for the "Explain Docker to me as if I'm five years old" type of guides and I still just bounce of it.
You are not on your own, I just can't get my head around docker either on paper it make sense but it seems just enough of a difference to melt something in my brain. Added to the fact that docker fucks around with firewall rules thinking it's the only thing of importance on the system, breaking KVM networking in the process. It's just not something I trust to play well with others.