Awesome_Creeper9, thank you. This is the solution. There is a "Go Back" button, which allows me to add an account. Then it allowed me to choose the type of account (Microsoft / Mojang).
This software was installed on a clean OS install (wiped root partition). However the home partition had app data from a previous Installation of minecraft. It was pre-loading that information and I was never presented with the screen to add an account until I clicked that "go back" button like you suggested.
Kys, I installed a piece of software called Minecraft Java Edition; not Minecraft Launcher. Therefore, this bug report location makes sense to me.
I'm sorry but I don't understand what I have 2 do to make it work.
Murkiness in water seems much worse since I last played, at least a few weeks before 1.19. The 'fog' only let's you see a couple of blocks in front of you when you first enter the water and then it 'thins out' a little letting you see about 20-30 blocks before the blue wall of impenetrable fog stops you, and that's with a full conduit. I can see more things underwater from above the water now.
Above is a picture taken from one corner of an underwater monument/guardian farm, with full conduits on each side. Before the last update I could see the entire monument/temple/farm and now I can't even see halfway.