Unfortunately not ffearguyq , the Particle System is 'end of life', there is no more development being done on that part of Blender.
There is a completely new Hair system (called New Curves Type) being developed as can be seen in 3.3, when enabling it in the Experimental Section, that can be seen, when enabling Developer Extras:
But it's still in early stage of development. The Emitter part of the 'old' Particle System will be rewritten as a node based system. I am not sure if the Particle System as it is now, will be replaced at some time, or that it will keep existing next to the new systems.
The particle systems with all those settings has always been one of those areas in Blender that I feel haunted by. It's like in Home Alone when Kevin didn't want to go down to the basement because he was scared of the monsters. I hope the new system being developed will be more friendly, because I don't want to be left home alone for me to find courage.