LineageOS, formerly CyanogenMod, has a new logo

The name LineageOS might sound familiar to you because that is the new name for CyanogenMod. On Christmas Day, it was confirmed that the repository in GitHub that was being loaded up with CM files under the Lineage name, was indeed the new moniker for the ROM. Cyanogen"s actions, and the feud a..

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What"s next for CyanogenMod"s ROMs?

If you’ve around around the XDA-Developers forums before, you’ve probably seen the name of this popular aftermarket ROM. CyanogenMod ROMs have been around since it first debuted on the HTC Dream, also known as the T-Mobile G1, the first smartphone to come with Android 1.0 Cupcake.
Sometimes (a few years ago more-so than today) the way OEMs designed firmware for smartphones wasn’t good enough, this is where CyanogenMod came in, and it offered an alternative OS for tinkerers who were brave enough to flash custom-made software (unsupported by the OEM) to their smartphones. Phones that were otherwise bogged down by their own skins like the HTC Hero on Sprint (also known as the laggiest phone ever), had the opportunity for a fresh breath of air free of carrier bloatware, pre-installed nonsense, and running near-stock Android.
CyanogenMod also offered an extensive array of settings, options, toggles, and extensive menus to customize every aspect of your ‘daily driver’ ROM including the sta..

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LineageOS hopes to bring back the "grassroots community efforts" that CyanogenMod was once known for

Yesterday, we told you that Cyanogen, the corporate structure that was housing CyanogenMod, was closing effective December 31st. Some of the developers, designers and others who worked on CyanogenMod, are now working on forking the source code and related patches to a new open source project called ..

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Is Lineage Android Distribution the new name of CyanogenMod?

Co-founder Steve Kondik recently left CyanogenMod, and as he opened the door and walked out of the company that he helped to build, he made no effort to disguise that he was seething inside at the behavior of fellow co-founder Kirk McMaster. Kondrik hinted about moving over some parts of Cyanogen in..

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The Nexus 4 is getting some CyanogenMod love with 14.1 nightly builds

If you are the type of person, who tends to form attachments to particular tech and don"t really feel like moving on or upgrading regularly, then chances are you have already found your perfect phone years back and are still with it.
If that is the case and taking into account you are currently on a tech-centric site, chances are you are familiar witch CyanogenMod and might even be running the custom OS. Then, you will also be happy to hear that despite the recent calamities over at Cyanogen Inc., the dedicated custom ROM group is still alive and well and constantly expanding its device reach.
The team appears to currently be working mostly on CyanogenMod 14.1, which is based on the bleeding-edge Android 7.1 Nougat. Their dedication must really run deep, as nightly builds will soon be available for the four-year-old LG Nexus 4 (mako) as well. In the meantime, there is an experimental build already up and you can also get said software for a few other devices:
ASUS ZenPad 8.0 Z3..

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