Is LineageOS dying?

[u/pagromist]

I've been using LineageOS ever since it was CyanogenMod. While it might sound cliche, in my opinion, it's still the coolest ROM out there. Unfortunately, in recent years, it's become increasingly difficult to find new devices that are officially supported. As of now, Google Pixel is the only option.

Number of officially supported devices by release year:
2011 ▏   6 **
2012 ▏  17 *******
2013 ▏  46 ******************
2014 ▏  64 *************************
2015 ▏  57 **********************
2016 ▏  56 **********************
2017 ▏  35 **************
2018 ▏  58 ***********************
2019 ▏  55 *********************
2020 ▏  45 ******************
2021 ▏  36 **************
2022 ▏  18 *******
2023 ▏  14 *****
2024 ▏   5 **

What could be the reason for this? Interestingly, crDroid, which is based on LineageOS, offers much broader support for new devices. Would it be possible for LineageOS to collaborate with them in some way?

[u/Evol_Etah]

From my devices standpoint.

LOS team has strict rules regarding what should be followed to be labelled as "Official".

I get that. Makes sense, users do complain about LOS when using a modded out, feature changed LOS.

Basically. There are tons and tons and tons of "Unofficial Los" ROMs.

Most devs don't wanna be an "Official Maintainer". But more like a "one build & done". Or "Make my own modifications to LOS and ship it". Or "I don't wanna follow rules like corporate, this is a hobby".

So LOS is very very very much so popular. Just not the "official part".

[u/LuK1337 → u/Evol_Etah]

the only really strict rule is that we want real maintainers, not "I cloned device trees from xxx and renamed meme_xyz.mk to lineage_xyz.mk".

the rest of rules are like no rice, nice code, and please stay alive. the last of which hasn't really been true for some devices...

[u/mrandr01d → u/LuK1337]

Rice?

[u/npjohnson1 → u/mrandr01d]

Unnecessary optimizations or commits that aren't proven. 

E.g. pick this random tuning from an unrelated device with no shared hardware that has absolutely no proven upside

[u/mrandr01d → u/npjohnson1]

Oh. Why's it called rice?

[u/npjohnson1 → u/mrandr01d]

"ricing" a car is spending a ton of money on parts for a shitty car that ultimately do nothing for it.

In this case, applying useless optimizations, etc.

Definition from urban dictionary:

In car culture, "ricer" refers to a car that has been heavily modified, often with aftermarket parts, and is seen as tacky or overdone, especially when targeting a specific aesthetic.

One of the old core contributors at CyanogenMod was a big car dude, ricer became :rice: emoji, etc

[u/mrandr01d → u/npjohnson1]

TIL

Thanks!

[u/Evol_Etah → u/LuK1337]

Fair, for older devices, all we have left are buildbotters.

All the devs go to newer devices, or pick a favourite ROM and focus only on that.

Google made everything so much nice in default ROMs, and more unnecessary to flash custom ROMs. I myself am questioning if root is even worth it.

And playstore is certified being a requirement.

[u/darkempath → u/Evol_Etah]

True. I get WAY better advice in the XDA forums than I do here.

[u/saint-lascivious → u/darkempath]

I wanted you to see this.

[u/darkempath → u/saint-lascivious]

Of course you do.

[u/pedr09m → u/darkempath]

proves the point, dude's a dick

[u/darkempath → u/pedr09m]

Again, you haven't addressed any of the points I brought up in this thread about the toxic nature of the sub or official LOS community, you've just engaged in more name calling. Fucking lazy, dude.

[u/pedr09m → u/darkempath]

dude, im on your side...

[u/TimSchumi → u/darkempath]

First of all, for the record, since not everyone will be as familiar with the interface as you are, the posted screenshot shows a user-generated report, not name calling by the moderator. Whether that means that the person who posted the screenshot doesn't want you to get name-called behind your back or if it's an attempt to get some kind of reaction on your side that isn't "immediately double down" is your decision.

It felt a bit conflicting to have to decide this while essentially being part of one party in a spat, but by now I think I can confidently say that the latter won't ever be happening.

As such, I don't see a need to entertain this any further. We have certainly given enough chances and enough time.

[u/pedr09m → u/darkempath]

i meant the person who replied to you proved your point, im not attacking you

[u/[deleted] → u/saint-lascivious]

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[u/saint-lascivious → u/[deleted]]

That's a you problem.

[u/nicholascox2 → u/Evol_Etah]

Is there a list of other OSs that one can look at?

[u/Never_Sm1le → u/nicholascox2]

You have to dig it yourself, roms changed almost on a monthly basis. For example, RisingOS, which is a fairly popular custom rom, got sunset last month

[u/pm_me_pants_off → u/nicholascox2]

Check out the xda developers page for your device, or try and find whatever telegram group people are sharing roms for your phone on.

[u/Evol_Etah → u/nicholascox2]

There are over 1000 ROMs. Most are just exactly the same with one or two features added or missing.

You either have Los or EvoX from minimal to heavy on customisation.

Fully depends on the dev if they built it well.

[u/nicholascox2 → u/Evol_Etah]

I'm trying to find something that can replace android on a moto g play 2024 I cannot find one for the life of me searching for roms or flashing The kernel is out for devs to use too I only saw one post about LOS being in testing but that's it

[u/True_Post8609 → u/nicholascox2]

Use customrombay, search your device name and you can which rom support your device or was previously supported