Welcome to the fun world of open-source.
For instructions on building and installing Blender, please see the file named
INSTALL.
---------------------.Blanguages and the .blender directory---------------------
The .blender directory holds various data files for Blender.
In the 2.28a release those are the .Blanguages file containing a list of
translations, the translations themselves and a default ttf font.
Blender checks for the presence of this directory in several locations:
- the current directory
- your home directory
- On OSX, the blender bundle is also checked
- On Windows, the installation dir is checked.
If you get a 'File ".Blanguages" not found' warning, try to copy the .blender
dir to one of these locations (your home directory being recommended).
-------------------------------------Links--------------------------------------
Getting Involved:
http://www.blender.org/docs/get_involved.html
Community:
http://www.blender3d.org/Community/
Main blender development site:
http://www.blender.org/
The Blender project homepage:
http://projects.blender.org/projects/bf-blender/
Documentation:
http://www.blender.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=documentation&file=index
Bug tracker:
http://projects.blender.org/tracker/?atid=125&group_id=9&func=browse
Feature request tracker:
http://projects.blender.org/tracker/?atid=128&group_id=9&func=browse