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AstraOS windows: minimize, maximize, full screen and start-menu search

Windows like you know them: minimize, maximize, full screen (F11), search in the start menu and desktop icons.

Start menu search finding the Calculator, with the terminal open behind it.
Start menu search finding the Calculator, with the terminal open behind it.

On 2 November 2026 the AstraOS desktop got the everyday things: windows can be minimized, maximized and shown in full screen (F11), the start menu has a search for apps, and programs can put icons on the desktop.

All of it was tested in a virtual computer before it was written down here.

Next to the desktop: the security page and the download page.

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