Newcomer: Root, LineageOS & Upgrades

[AnotherElk]

I moved your post here because your questions were very close to those in this topic, please have a look at the post marked as the solution.
Feel free to ask what still isn’t answered after that.

@philip12345

Does it still make sense to buy a Fairphone 2 end of 2018? As of today, manufactures have more or less predictable (Update) Lifetimes of 2 - 5 years.

@Stefan

Fairphone recently has secured spare parts for the FP2 for at least three years.