Can a Fork Save Cutefish OS (or Its Desktop)?

In April ZDNet called its beta 'the cutest Linux distro you'll ever use,' praising the polished 'incredible elegance' of Debian-based Cutefish OS, with its uncluttered, MacOS-like 'Cutefish DE' desktop.

But now CutefishOS.com times out, with at least one Reddit user complaining 'their email is not responding' and seeking contributors for a fork.

But meanwhile, the technology site DebugPoint.com shares another update:
It looks like the OpenMandriva project is already continuing with the development of the Cutefish DE (not the OS) for its own OS. For more details, visit the Matrix discussion page.

Besides, it's worth mentioning that Arch Linux already have the Cutefish desktop packages in the community repo. You can even install it as a standalone desktop environment in Arch Linux with easy steps. As you can see, it is easier to maintain the desktop environment to continue its development because the structure is already out there.

I have tested and reviewed hundreds of distros for years, and Cutefish OS is the promising one with its stunning desktop environment. It was written from the ground up with QML and C++ and took advantage of KWin. It would have been an attractive desktop as a separate component and could have been another great option besides KDE Plasma or GNOME.

Many open-source projects are born and die every year, and it's unfortunate to see the situation of Cutefish OS. I hope an official fork comes up soon, and we all can contribute to it.

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