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Re:Android Oreo by thanksgiving on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @04:11AM (#15070525)
I thought the reason is Qualcomm not giving what it takes to support a newer firmware on their soc. I have a Nexus 5 on lineage and I'm on Linux kernel 3.4.0.
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Re:Android Oreo by petecox on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @07:14AM (#15071292)
Yes but Lineage OS can indefinitely support a fair chunk of Android 7.x on an old kernel without official help from Qualcomm.

Google chooses not to with AOSP past a timeframe.

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