I, personally, mostly use docker as a package manger anyway. I know I'm not supposed to, I know it's lazy. But, if community-scriots doesn't have an install then it's going in one of my Docker Hosts.

I have a VM spun up as virtual laptop, it's just plain Debian, every couple months I nuke it and go again. Plain Debian is fine

I really should learn Podman. I tried PiHole, as I am familiar with it, and immediately ran up against Podman's security (the thing I want Podman for) and gave up. I find solutions sticky in that I don't migrate unless I really have to. It's why I haven't learned IPv6, or systemd or, god I am so behind.