The goal was Android 10 (Q). Not because it was new (Android 12 was out), but because Android 10’s lightweight Go edition optimizations and Project Mainline could theoretically run on a potato. He would use a hybrid kernel: a Linux 3.4 backport with modern security patches, GPU drivers ripped from an unofficial Nokia N9 build, and a custom I/O scheduler he wrote himself, called "GhostWrite."
But Aris had a secret weapon: a salvaged logic board from a dead Motorola RAZR i, which used a similar Intel Atom chip. He wasn't going to port an existing ROM. He was going to build one from the Linux kernel up. His bedroom looked like a cyberpunk crime scene. The GT-i9200 lay connected to a janky USB hub, its back cover off, a thermocouple taped to the CPU. On his main PC—a Ryzen 7 with 32GB of RAM—a virtual machine ran Ubuntu 20.04. Terminal windows cascaded across the screen. Gt-i9200 Custom Rom -2021-
He named his project —an organism built from the parts of many beasts. The goal was Android 10 (Q)