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This is a list of Android distributions, Android-based operating systems (OS) commonly referred to as Custom ROMs or Android ROMs, forked from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without Google Play Services included officially in some or all markets, yet maintained independent coverage in notable Android-related sources.
Android Go, officially Android (Go edition), [2] is a stripped-down version of the Android operating system, designed for low-end and ultra-budget smartphones (but is also used by some tablets [3] [4] [5]). It is intended for smartphones with 2 GB of RAM [6] or less and was first made available with the release of Android Oreo.
Base system is open source, but many devices use proprietary drivers for hardware support, and most Android operating systems include Proprietary apps (such as Google Play and other Google apps). [3] [4] Proprietary, open source kernel and core: Proprietary except for open-source components
Android x86 (ver. 4.0) on EeePC 701 4G. Android-x86 is an open source project that makes an unofficial porting of the Android mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance to run on devices powered by x86 processors, rather than RISC-based ARM chips.
LineageOS is a open source [a] Android operating system [c] for smartphones, tablets, and set-top boxes. It is community-developed and serves as the successor to CyanogenMod, from which it was forked in December 2016. [7] As of 2023, there are about 1.5 million devices running LineageOS. [8]
Operating system support Date released (or cancelled) Current state List Price SHIFT6mq SHIFT: Shift-OS (Android), postmarketOS [71] partial mainline Linux support 2021 shipping [citation needed] SHIFTphone 8: Shiftphone: Preinstalled with ShiftOS (Android 14), but with mainline Linux support, allowing the operating system to be replaced by the ...
In August 2021, Jean-Luc Aufranc of CNX Software recommended Mobian as "most stable OS" for using PinePhone as a mobile hotspot, in a detailed review of software and hardware. [ 23 ] In September 2021, in a detailed review of PinePhone for Hackaday , Bryan Cockfield wrote about experimenting with, and switching to Mobian, or "mobile Debian".
A separate project using Ubuntu as the base Linux operating system was announced in 2013. The first version of Ubuntu Kylin was released in April 2013. In August 2020, v10 of Kylin OS was launched. It is compatible with 10,000 hardware and software products, and it "supports Google's Android ecosystem". [2]