Operating System U Fails To Live Up To Its Goals

Operating System U aimed to be the "ultimate operating system" for users with being powered by Arch while being user-friendly and powered by the MATE Desktop atop Wayland (although MATE on Wayland has yet to exist). Operating System U also solicited community ideas after some initial backlash and they were on their way to a reduced funding goal of $50k USD (compared to $150k) to make their commercial Linux distribution a success.
After launching last month on Kickstarter, the project has turned into a failure and all development has ceased. Operating System U by Andrew Bernstein only raised $1,948 of its $50,000 goal over the month-long period for the OS that claimed numerous advantages over Ubuntu and Windows 8. Andrew then posted, "Unfortunately OS U was unsuccessful. I truly, truly appreciate everyone who backed us, but unfortunately since we where unsuccessful, combined with other circumstances, OS U will not have any more continued development."
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