Newbie question. Does it make sense to start to learn with KiCad 5 (on linux)

[John_Pateman]

Here is the main Kicad download area.

Download

Go to your OS and you will find a link to download the nightly development build.

See this FAQ

Is it a good idea to use a nightly build version?

Short answer: If you have to ask, you should probably stick to the stable release. What are nightly builds? As the name implies, nightly builds are generated every night from the current master branch of the source repository. They are meant to allow a wider audience to more easily test new features. Note: Nightlies are always structured X.99. They are not part of the current release cycle. They are always part of the development of the next release cycle. eg. 7.99 nightlies will become 8.0.…

If you read the previous posts of this thread carefully you will understand what rc2 means.