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2. List of custom Android distributions - Wikipedia

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   List of custom Android distributions. 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 ...

3. Android (operating system) - Wikipedia

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   Android version history. Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android has historically been developed by a consortium of developers known as the Open Handset Alliance, but its most ...

4. LineageOS - Wikipedia

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   LineageOS is an open source [a] Android-based [b] operating system for smartphones, tablet computers, and set-top boxes.It is the successor to CyanogenMod, from which it was forked in December 2016, when Cyanogen Inc. announced it was discontinuing development and shut down the infrastructure behind the project.

5. VMOS (software) - Wikipedia

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   VMOS is a virtual machine app that runs on Android, which can run another Android OS as the guest operating system. Users can optionally run the guest Android VM as a rooted Android OS. The VMOS guest Android operating system has access to the Google Play Store and other Google apps. The first Android virtual machine to offer Google Play ...

6. Rooting (Android) - Wikipedia

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   Rooting[ 1 ] is the process by which users of Android devices can attain privileged control (known as root access) over various subsystems of the device, usually smartphones and tablets. Because Android is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel, rooting an Android device gives similar access to administrative (superuser) permissions as ...

7. GrapheneOS - Wikipedia

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   APK -based. Kernel type. Monolithic (Linux) License. MIT, Apache License, various permissive open-source. Official website. grapheneos.org. GrapheneOS[b] is an Android -based, open source, privacy and security-focused mobile operating system for selected Google Pixel devices, including smartphones, tablets and foldables.

8. CyanogenMod - Wikipedia

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   CyanogenMod. CyanogenMod (/ saɪˈænoʊdʒɛnmɒd / sy-AN-oh-jen-mod; CM) is a discontinued open-source operating system for mobile devices, based on the Android mobile platform. Developed between 2009 and 2016, it was free and open-source software based on the official releases of Android by Google, with added original and third-party code ...

9. Operating system - Wikipedia

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   e. An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software for cost allocation of processor time, mass storage, peripherals, and ...