Help with docker desktop setup

Docker Desktop
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Hi, I have a fresh install of ubuntu 24.10 on a 2018 Macbook Pro and I’m trying to run docker desktop. I’m also new in Linux.
When running Docker Desktop the first time after the install everything works. But after I close and restart Docker Desktop, it is stuck at ‘engine is starting’ and eventually stops.

docker version

gives the following

Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           28.0.1
 API version:       1.48
 Go version:        go1.23.6
 Git commit:        068a01e
 Built:             Wed Feb 26 10:41:19 2025
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           desktop-linux
request returned 500 Internal Server Error for API route and version http://%2Fhome%2Fcielserv%2F.docker%2Fdesktop%2Fdocker.sock/v1.48/version, check if the server supports the requested API version

I’m guessing there’s a problem with the internal api call. Trying curl gives me this

$ curl -v --unix-socket /home/cielserv/.docker/desktop/docker.sock http://localhost/v1.48/version
*Trying /home/cielserv/.docker/desktop/docker.sock:0...
 Connected to localhost (/home/cielserv/.docker/desktop/docker.sock) port 0
> GET /v1.48/version HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost
> User-Agent: curl/8.9.1
> Accept: */*
> Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
< Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:50:25 GMT
< Content-Length: 0
< 
Connection #0 to host localhost left intact

I then tried creating docker group and changed the permission of docker.sock with

sudo chown root:docker /home/cielserv/.docker/desktop/docker.sock

But I still cannot get Docker Desktop to start and I’m out of ideas.
As I am new in Linux and cli please help me by giving some specific commands to try out.
Thank you very much.

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Reinstalled docker desktop. Ran

curl -v --unix-socket /home/cielserv/.docker/desktop/docker.sock http://localhost/v1.48/version

*Trying /home/cielserv/.docker/desktop/docker.sock:0...
*Connected to localhost (/home/cielserv/.docker/desktop/docker.sock) port 0
GET /v1.48/version HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost
User-Agent: curl/8.9.1
Accept: */*
* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Api-Version: 1.48
< Content-Type: application/json
< Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:39:45 GMT
< Docker-Experimental: false
< Ostype: linux
< Server: Docker/28.0.1 (linux)
< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
< 
{"Platform":{"Name":"Docker Desktop 4.39.0 (184744)"},"Components":[{"Name":"Engine","Version":"28.0.1","Details":{"ApiVersion":"1.48","Arch":"amd64","BuildTime":"2025-02-26T10:41:16.000000000+00:00","Experimental":"false","GitCommit":"bbd0a17","GoVersion":"go1.23.6","KernelVersion":"6.10.14-linuxkit","MinAPIVersion":"1.24","Os":"linux"}},{"Name":"containerd","Version":"1.7.25","Details":{"GitCommit":"bcc810d6b9066471b0b6fa75f557a15a1cbf31bb"}},{"Name":"runc","Version":"1.2.4","Details":{"GitCommit":"v1.2.4-0-g6c52b3f"}},{"Name":"docker-init","Version":"0.19.0","Details":{"GitCommit":"de40ad0"}}],"Version":"28.0.1","ApiVersion":"1.48","MinAPIVersion":"1.24","GitCommit":"bbd0a17","GoVersion":"go1.23.6","Os":"linux","Arch":"amd64","KernelVersion":"6.10.14-linuxkit","BuildTime":"2025-02-26T10:41:16.000000000+00:00"}
*Connection #0 to host localhost left intact

Docker Desktop will run the first time. After quitting it will not restart again.