Linux on your phone
Get to know LineageOS
We take a quick tour of the latest OS to power your mobile device.
Wto experience open source Android on the widest range of consumer hardware. There’s a huge community of super-talented developers (most active on https://forum.xda-developers.com) constantly updating and building LineageOS releases new and old for specific models of devices. So, even if there’s not an official release for your device, a quick DuckDuckGo will likely return someone on XDA proffering a build – with varying degrees of device support; do you really need the camera? – for your obscure Chinese-made mobile device. Let’s take some time to look through the latest release details of LineageOS 20, but also some of the other features and advantages the project offers.
As we mentioned, LineageOS rose from the regrettable disintegration of the Cyanogenmod project in late 2016. This also explains the odd version numbering LineageOS has inherited, where Android 13 is LineageOS 20, not LineageOS 13 – that would be too ithout doubt, LineageOS is the premier way sensible. Back in the day, Cyanogenmod major release versions matched the early Android 1.x point releases; so Cyanogenmod 3/4/5/6 matched Android 1.5/1.6/ 2.x/2.2.x. Once Android 5.x arrived, Cyanogenmod 12.x kept pace with point and major releases.