Lineage OS

FAQ

Article from Issue 196/2017
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CyanogenMod is dead. Long live Lineage.

Q I'm going to take a guess from the name that this is some ancient operating system that's been around since before Tux was an egg resting on his father's feet in the frozen wasteland of Antarctica.

A I'm afraid that you're not even remotely close. Lineage OS is a new distro that's split from CyanogenMod following disagreements about the company's future.

Q Hang on, what's this Cyano-thingy you're talking about?

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