LineageOS

What is LineageOS?

LineageOS is a free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform. It is the successor to the highly popular custom ROM CyanogenMod, from which it was forked in December 2016 when Cyanogen Inc. announced it was discontinuing development and shutting down the infrastructure behind the project. Since Cyanogen Inc. retained the rights to the Cyanogen name, the project rebranded its fork as LineageOS. LineageOS was officially launched on December 24, 2016, with the source code available on GitHub. Since that time, LineageOS has been described as highly popular and forcibly developed within 4 months from the initial announcement, LineageOS development builds covered more than 160 models of phone, and over a million users, having doubled its user base in the month FebruaryMarch 2017

Highlights

• Free and open-source operating system based on Android mobile platform
• Successor to popular CyanogenMod custom ROM
• Forked from CyanogenMod after Cyanogen Inc. discontinued development
• Officially launched on December 24, 2016 with source code on GitHub
• Rapidly grew to support over 160 phone models and over 1 million users within 4 months of launch
• Doubled user base in February-March 2017