Cyanogenmod 10.1 RC1 Starts To Roll Out To Devices Near You

New submitter Noitatsidem writes "Good news for Cyanogenmod users, according to their blog it looks like 10.1 is nearing its stable release. 'We haven't used the "Release Candidate" nomenclature since the ICS days, but we feel the 10.1 branch is quickly approaching the point where a "final" build is due. To prepare for that eventuality, RC1 builds for CyanogenMod 10.1.0 are now landing on our servers! This will be one of (if not the last) milestone releases before a 10.1.0 is pushed out. These builds will appear as they complete the build process and, as always, you can download the builds via get.cm!' Android Police speculates that this is due in part to the rumored release announcement of Android 4.3 given at Google I/O 2013 which is taking place in (now) less than one week. Looks like the Android community will have a lot to talk about in coming days!"

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And on a well-edited nerd news site

[iggymanz]

we'd have been told what a "cyanogenmod" is by a sentence or phrase in the article. But this is slashdot, which started circling the drain long before CT left as he lost interest

Would it kill you to define "Cyanogenmod"?

[wonkey_monkey]

Would it kill you to define "Cyanogenmod" like any respectable publication would? Yes, yes, I know - "if you don't know you shouldn't be allowed to read Slashdot" - but then that's exclusionist bullshit, obviously. I know it's a popular open source Android build, but just because I know, and just because you know, that doesn't mean that everyone who comes here should know, and that anyone who doesn't is beneath contempt. It is possible to be interested in tech news and not know every detail of every branch.

Good news for users of the popular Android* distribution Cyanogenmod...

See how easy it is to do it without anyone even noticing? Brief, informative, and not condescending. The real news does it all the time.

*"Nurr, but you didn't define Android, what if someone doesn't know what that is? Yuck yuck yuck..." It's not all-or-nothing, obviously, and you have to draw the line somewhere. I'd say one-level-up is usually about right. Just read a decent newspaper and see how it's done.