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From XDA to Cyanogenmod to LineageOS: A brief history
LineageOS and its predecessor CyanogenMod are the most successful custom ROMs in the history of XDA Developers. Here's the story of the mod.
The stories behind LineageOS and XDA are inexorably linked. The custom Android flavor has given hundreds of thousands of users a chance to unlock their smartphones' full potential, and in many cases, give it a lease of life way beyond what the manufacturer intended. But, ahead of our big LineageOS-related news tomorrow, if you’ve never stopped to think about how it all started, or you want a reminder, allow us to enlighten you.
XDA Forums Dedicated to LineageOS Now Live!
The XDA forums dedicated to LineageOS are now live. Go there to keep up to date with news related to LineageOS and to discuss anything related to the ROM.
Ever since Cyanogen Inc. announced that they will be discontinuing all Cyanogen OS related services, many users wondered what would happen to CyanogenMod. Unfortunately, the worst scenario played out this past weekend, and CyanogenMod was declared officially dead.
The Official Gerrit for Lineage OS is Now Up
The official Gerrit code review page for Lineage OS team members to submit and discuss patches to the open source Android distribution has now gone live.
With the departure of Steve Kondik from Cyanogen Inc, we knew there would be a big shakeup with the way CyanogenMod was handled. An official blog post announced the servers and funds that were keeping CM up and running would be discontinued on December 31st. Then seemingly out of nowhere, CyanogenMod’s website, wiki, forums, Gerrit, and download servers were all shut down thanks to a change in their DNS.