No need to be sorry–I believe you're generally correct above. It's just that this particular moment in time is a bad one for Ventura users testing the waters.

I looked back at an old diary - I was using it in Linux because my office had a Linux desktop. I never bothered installing it on my laptop because I tried to keep anything from work off my personal devices.

(Both it and GIMP should make macOS native clients like how the KeePass ppl did KeePassXC)

I learned Inkscape before I learned Adobe products and I found Inkscape to be more intuitive.