Dear Hedd: Linux is so, so much easier than you think! Don't be swayed by all the FUD. No, it's not Windows. But then, you don't want it to be, do you?

There is no such thing as a perfect computer, a perfect OS. But there are degrees of good and bad. Safe and unsafe. I do things in Linux I wouldn't in my wildest dreams consider doing in Windows. Ever. Building Blender from svn is definitely one of the easier, more benign things I do. But I still have much to learn.

Might go haunt Irc#blendercoders now - it's been the best source of help so far. All other avenues have been dead-ends.

Including here.

Monterey/Mint21.x/Win10 - Blender3.x - PP11.3(cm) - Musescore3.6.2

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

Metaphor of Chooks