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> now I can run `podman` from powershell but not from fedora. I'm about to try `sudo dnf install podman` and hope it connects to the podman-machine? I dunno, it's not exactly clear

One thing you could do is just symlink or wrap the Windows podman.exe as `podman` on your WSL guests, and rely on WSL interop at the CLI instead of sharing a socket. This is probably what Docker Desktop does, based on your description (I thought it (used to?) share(s) a socket from the dedicated WSL guest it creates to your other WSL guests).

Alternatively, if you install Podman Desktop via Scoop and have WSL interop enabled for your guests (so that your Windows binaries appear on your Linux guests' PATHs), I think you'll get the same `podman` as your Windows PowerShell sessions access onto your WSL guests for free.