Blender 2.8 is currently in beta stage shipping with many new features like Eevee real-time render engine, refreshed interface and here is how to source compile it on any Linux based operating system.
Blender
Blender 2.8 will ship with monochromatic icons
Blender 2.8 is being shipped with vectorized monochromatic icons, which means it won’t pixelated in the zoomed view, it is a benefit for high-resolution displays.
Group mesh in Blender
Keeping things organized is key when it comes to working on a large project.
I was working with another Animation package on a big project that had many assets. All the assets where created according to the physical scale and built. The project had many scenes, I started organizing it by naming mesh and grouping them for easier selection and to have a better workflow.