Re:Hardening the Kernel in Android Oreo
by petecox on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @09:24PM
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Nougat runs fine on a Galaxy S2 with Lineage OS. I would not be unexpected for them to port Oreo eventually too.
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GP's point was about OEM support for newer versions of Android, though; I can't imagine that third-party ROMs on old devices are even slightly a factor in Google's hesitation to upgrade to newer kernel versions