QB64 3.10.0 can't be copied.

[TerryRitchie]

I don't know what you mean by this?

In your posts and in your tutorials you show what you can do. And now I don't understand your answer.

So, we do not us understand.

Could I take Windows 11 and bend it to my will? Absolutely. However, tracking down registry hacks and 3rd party software tools is something I don't want to do or shouldn't need to do. Furthermore, Microsoft has shown again and again that they will actively attack these hacks with their forced updates, changing settings and removing functionality the hacks provided. Then it's another game of whack-a-mole to get these changes back, until the next forced update. No thank you. Microsoft simply does not want you to have a choice, it's their way or the highway. Windows in a nutshell has become hostile to the user.

Furthermore, knowing that Windows will eventually become SaaS and monthly/yearly subscription fees will become the norm, is another reason to make the change to Linux now. Microsoft views the user as a tool to squeeze money out of. SaaS is a wet dream they simply can't resist. Nadella is so jealous of Apple's walled garden he is willing to do whatever it takes to get Microsoft to that point. There's a problem with that thinking though, Apple has carefully built a fan base over the years, a cult if you will, while Microsoft could never hope to achieve that.

The image below is my Windows 7 desktop. Clean, concise, to the point, and most important my choice in how it looks. No popups, banners, side trays, ads, and a proper start button on a proper taskbar.  Could I emulate this in Window 11. Sure, again using 3rd party tools and hacks that are not guaranteed to work for very long. I don't want to fight my operating system, I want to use it.

Can I get this functionality and look/feel with Linux. You betcha, fairly easily in fact.