first blender build.......

im not sure if this is the right place to post,but here goes.i am new to linux and i have been using blender since 2.10 on windows ive recently been suffering blender block and boredom so i decided to build blender from source,after reading a couple of tutorials on how to build blender in ubuntu i managed to download and build blender from svn and im happy to say it worked,now what?
does it have the same functionality?ive noticed my build only has the binary and one folder whereas 2.45 has several folders,will my build do the same as 2.45?
sorry to sound dumb but what else can i do with this build?i guess i have been away from the forums to long i feel like an absolute noob!anyway after to many catastrophic crashes with windows i switched to ubuntu linux and im very happy with it,any advice would be welcome,including how to beat blender block:mad:
thanx rixtr

what else can you do with this build

if you built it using SVN and SCONS
you have all the new features

you can update and build it everyday if you like
that way you don’t have to wait for the next official release to get all the cool new stuff