I'm really looking forward to the launch of hass I've been waiting a very long time for the launch is this normal?

There’s no terminal interface.

As you’re using a pure Core install (Docker is easier FYI) then you’ll need to add a systemd unit file to start HA automatically, as a service.

As mentioned in the install docs the first install requires downloading and installing many things. You can watch what’s going on with the likes of top - with a Core install it’s common to see lots of cc1 as things are compiled.