There seems to be no end in sight to the enduring popularity of the classic GNOME 2 Linux desktop, and this week afforded yet more evidence.

Following hard on the heels of the launch last week of the classically minded Fuduntu 2013.1, the SolusOS Linux project on Wednesday launched a new fork of GNOME Classic.

“Well, it’s official,” wrote Ikey Doherty, the SolusOS project’s founder and lead developer, in a blog post  on the topic. “We’ve forked GNOME Classic (fallback).

“The reasoning for the name is very simple,” Doherty added. “The desktop always accompanies you.”

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