1 The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2 ---------------------------------------------
14 Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
18 Seventh Edition (V7)----|----------------------*
22 \ 2BSD---------------* |
30 4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD <-*
32 4.1aBSD -----------\ |
36 *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
38 Eighth Edition | 2.9BSD-Seismo
40 +----<--- 4.2BSD 2.9.1BSD
42 +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
44 Ninth Edition | / 2.10.1BSD
45 | 4.3BSD Tahoe-----+ |
55 *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
57 386BSD 0.0 | | BSD/386 ALPHA
59 386BSD 0.1 ------------>+ | BSD/386 0.3.[13]
61 | 386BSD 1.0 | | BSD/386 0.9.[34]
64 | | 4.4BSD-Encumbered | |
65 | -NetBSD 0.8 | BSD/386 1.0
67 FreeBSD 1.0 <-----' *--NetBSD 0.9 | BSD/386 1.1
68 | | .----- 4.4BSD Lite |
69 FreeBSD 1.1 | / / | \ |
71 FreeBSD 1.1.5 .---|--------' | | \ |
73 FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 / | | | \ |
74 | / *--NetBSD 1.0 <-' | \ |
76 FreeBSD 2.0 <--' | | BSD/OS 2.0
78 FreeBSD 2.0.5 \ | BSD/OS 2.0.1
79 | .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2 |
81 | | .-----|------Rhapsody | | | |
82 | | | | NetBSD 1.3 | | |
83 | | | | OpenBSD 2.3 | |
86 | | | | *--NetBSD 1.1 -. BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5 | | | \ |
88 | | | | *--NetBSD 1.2 \ BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6 | | | \ OpenBSD 2.0 |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 | | | \ | |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7 | | | | | |
94 | | | | | NetBSD 1.2.1 | |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1 | | | | |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2 | | | | |
100 | FreeBSD 2.2.1 | | | | |
102 | FreeBSD 2.2.2 | | | OpenBSD 2.1 |
104 | FreeBSD 2.2.5 | | | | |
105 | | | | | OpenBSD 2.2 |
106 | | | | *--NetBSD 1.3 | |
107 | FreeBSD 2.2.6 | | | | | |
108 | | | | | NetBSD 1.3.1 | BSD/OS 3.1
109 | | | | | | OpenBSD 2.3 |
110 | | | | | NetBSD 1.3.2 | |
111 | FreeBSD 2.2.7 | | | | | |
112 | | | | | | | BSD/OS 4.0
113 | FreeBSD 2.2.8 | | | | | |
115 | v | | | | OpenBSD 2.4 |
116 | FreeBSD 2.2.9 | | | | | |
118 FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* | | v | |
119 | | | NetBSD 1.3.3 | |
120 *---FreeBSD 3.1 | | | |
121 | | | | | BSD/OS 4.0.1
122 | FreeBSD 3.2----* | .--*--NetBSD 1.4 OpenBSD 2.5 |
126 | FreeBSD 3.3 | | | | NetBSD 1.4.1 | |
127 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 2.6 |
128 | FreeBSD 3.4 | | | | | | |
129 | | | | | | | | BSD/OS 4.1
130 FreeBSD 4.0 | | | | | NetBSD 1.4.2 | |
133 | FreeBSD 3.5 | | | | | OpenBSD 2.7 |
135 | FreeBSD 3.5.1 | | | | | | |
137 *---FreeBSD 4.1 | | | | | | |
139 | FreeBSD 4.1.1 | | / | | | |
141 | FreeBSD 4.2 Darwin/ | NetBSD 1.4.3 | |
142 | | Mac OS X | OpenBSD 2.8 BSD/OS 4.2
145 | | 10.0 *--NetBSD 1.5 | |
146 | FreeBSD 4.3 | | | | |
147 | | | | | OpenBSD 2.9 |
148 | | | | NetBSD 1.5.1 | |
150 | FreeBSD 4.4-. | | NetBSD 1.5.2 | |
151 | | | Mac OS X | | | |
152 | | | 10.1 | | OpenBSD 3.0 |
153 | FreeBSD 4.5 | | | | | |
154 | | \ | | | | BSD/OS 4.3
155 | FreeBSD 4.6 \ | | | OpenBSD 3.1 |
156 | | \ | | NetBSD 1.5.3 | |
157 | FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X | | |
159 | FreeBSD 4.7 | | | |
160 | | | *--NetBSD 1.6 OpenBSD 3.2 |
161 | FreeBSD 4.8 | | | | |
162 | | | | NetBSD 1.6.1 | |
163 | |--------. | | | OpenBSD 3.3 BSD/OS 5.0
165 | FreeBSD 4.9 | | | | OpenBSD 3.4 BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
167 | | | | | NetBSD 1.6.2 |
169 | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.5
171 | FreeBSD 4.10 | | | |
173 | FreeBSD 4.11 | | | |
175 | `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
179 FreeBSD 5.1 | | | DragonFly 1.0
181 | ----- Mac OS X | | |
185 | FreeBSD 5.2.1 | | | |
187 *-------FreeBSD 5.3 | | | |
188 | | | | OpenBSD 3.6 |
189 | | | *--NetBSD 2.0 | |
190 | | | | | | | DragonFly 1.2.0
191 | | Mac OS X | | NetBSD 2.0.2 | |
193 | FreeBSD 5.4 | | | | | |
194 | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.7 |
195 | | | | | NetBSD 2.0.3 | |
197 *--FreeBSD | | | | v OpenBSD 3.8 |
200 | | | | | NetBSD 2.1 | |
202 | | | | *--NetBSD 3.0 | |
203 | | | | | | | | DragonFly 1.4.0
204 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.9 |
205 | FreeBSD | | | | | | |
207 | | FreeBSD 5.5 | | | | | |
208 | | | | | NetBSD 3.0.1 | DragonFly 1.6.0
210 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.0 |
211 | | | | | NetBSD 3.0.2 | |
212 | | | | NetBSD 3.1 | |
213 | FreeBSD 6.2 | | | |
214 | | | | | DragonFly 1.8.0
215 | | | | OpenBSD 4.1 |
216 | | | | | DragonFly 1.10.0
219 | | | | OpenBSD 4.2 |
220 | | | *--NetBSD 4.0 | |
221 | FreeBSD 6.3 | | | | |
223 *--FreeBSD | | | | | DragonFly 1.12.0
225 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.3 |
226 | | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 2.0.0
227 | | FreeBSD | | 4.0.1 OpenBSD 4.4 |
230 | FreeBSD 7.1 | | | |
231 | | | | | DragonFly 2.2.0
232 | FreeBSD 7.2 | *--NetBSD OpenBSD 4.5 |
235 | | Mac OS X | | | \ | |
237 | | | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 2.4.0
238 | | | | | | 5.0.1 OpenBSD 4.6 |
240 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | | |
241 | 8.0 | | | | | | | |
242 | | FreeBSD | | | | NetBSD | |
243 | | 7.3 | | | | 5.0.2 | DragonFly 2.6.0
244 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.7 |
245 | FreeBSD | | | | | | |
247 | | | | | | | | DragonFly 2.8.2
248 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.8 |
249 | | | | | | *--NetBSD | |
250 | FreeBSD FreeBSD | | | 5.1 | |
251 | 8.2 7.4 | | | | | DragonFly 2.10.1
252 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.9 |
253 | `-----. Mac OS X | | | | |
255 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.0 |
256 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | |
257 | 9.0 | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 3.0.1
258 | | FreeBSD | | | 5.1.2 | |
260 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
261 | | | | | | 5.1.3 | |
263 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
264 | | | | | | 5.1.4 | |
265 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.1 |
266 | | | Mac OS X | `--------. | |
268 | | | | *--NetBSD | | |
270 | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.2 DragonFly 3.2.1
271 | FreeBSD | | | | | NetBSD | |
272 | 9.1 | | | | | 5.2 | |
274 | | | | | | | NetBSD | |
275 | | | | | | | 5.2.1 | |
277 | | | | | | | NetBSD | |
278 | | | | | | | 5.2.2 | |
281 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
282 | | | | | | 6.0.1 | |
283 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.3 DragonFly 3.4.1
284 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
285 | | | | | | 6.0.2 | |
287 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
288 | | | | | | 6.0.3 | |
290 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
291 | | | | | | 6.0.4 | |
293 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
294 | | | | | | 6.0.5 | |
296 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
297 | | | | | | 6.0.6 | |
299 | | | | | *--NetBSD | |
301 | | FreeBSD | | | | |
302 | | 8.4 | | NetBSD | |
305 | FreeBSD | | NetBSD | |
308 | | 10.9 | | OpenBSD 5.4 |
309 | `-----. | | | | DragonFly 3.6.0
311 *--FreeBSD | | | NetBSD | |
312 | 10.0 | | | 6.1.3 | |
314 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.1
317 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.2
321 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.5 |
323 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.0
326 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.1
329 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.3
331 | | FreeBSD | | | | |
333 | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 3.8.2
337 | | | | OpenBSD 5.6 |
339 | 10.1 | | | DragonFly 4.0.1
341 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.2
343 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.3
345 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.4
347 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.5
349 | | | | OpenBSD 5.7 |
350 | | | | | DragonFly 4.2.0
353 | | macOS *--NetBSD 7.0 | |
354 | | 10.11 | | | OpenBSD 5.8 |
355 | | | | | `--. | DragonFly 4.4.1
356 | FreeBSD | | | | OpenBSD 5.9 |
360 | `------. | | | | | DragonFly 4.6.0
363 *--FreeBSD | macOS | | | OpenBSD 6.0 |
364 | 11.0 | 10.12 | | NetBSD | |
365 | | | | | | 7.0.2 | |
367 | | | | | *--NetBSD | |
371 | | | macOS | | | | DragonFly 4.8.0
372 | | | 10.13 | | | OpenBSD 6.1 |
373 | FreeBSD | | | | | | DragonFly 5.0.0
374 | 11.1 FreeBSD | | | | | |
375 | | 10.4 | | | | OpenBSD 6.2 DragonFly 5.0.1
377 | `------. | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 5.0.2
381 | | | | | 7.1.2 `--. |
383 | | | | `-----. OpenBSD 6.3 |
384 | | | *--NetBSD | | DragonFly 5.2.0
386 | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.1
388 | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.2
389 | FreeBSD | | | *--NetBSD | |
392 | | 10.14 | | OpenBSD 6.4 |
394 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.4.0
395 *--FreeBSD | | | | | |
396 | 12.0 | | | | | DragonFly 5.4.1
397 | | | | | | OpenBSD 6.5 |
400 | | | | | 8.1 | DragonFly 5.6
402 | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.6.1
403 | | FreeBSD macOS | | | |
404 | | 11.3 10.15 | | | |
405 | FreeBSD | | | | OpenBSD 6.6 |
406 | 12.1 | macOS | `-------. | |
407 | | | 10.15.1 | | | DragonFly 5.6.2
408 | | | | *--NetBSD | | |
411 | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8
413 | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.6.3
414 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
416 | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.1
417 | | | | | | OpenBSD 6.7 |
418 | | FreeBSD | | | | |
420 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.2
421 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.3
422 | | | | NetBSD 9.1 OpenBSD 6.8 |
423 | FreeBSD macOS | | | |
428 *--FreeBSD | | | | | |
429 | 13.0 | | | NetBSD 9.2 OpenBSD 6.9 DragonFly 6.0.0
431 | | | | | | | DragonFly 6.0.1
433 | | FreeBSD macOS | | OpenBSD 7.0 |
435 | | | | | | | DragonFly 6.2.1
436 | | | | | | OpenBSD 7.1 |
437 | FreeBSD | | | | | |
439 | | | | | | | DragonFly 6.2.2
440 | | | | | NetBSD 9.3 | |
441 | | | macOS | OpenBSD 7.2 |
445 | | | | | DragonFly 6.4.0
446 | | | | OpenBSD 7.3 |
453 FreeBSD 14 -current | NetBSD -current OpenBSD -current DragonFly -current
460 Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
461 was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
463 [44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
464 and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
465 the 4.4BSD Operating System.
466 [APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
467 [BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
468 [DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
469 [DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
470 [FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
471 [KB] Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
472 Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
473 [KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
474 comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
475 [KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
476 Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
477 Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
478 [NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
479 [OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
480 [QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
481 [SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
482 [TUHS] The Unix Historical Society. https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
483 [USE] Usenet announcement.
484 [WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
485 [dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
490 First Edition 1971-11-03 [QCU]
491 DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
492 Second Edition 1972-06-12 [QCU]
493 10 UNIX installations
494 Third Edition 1973-02-xx [QCU]
495 Pipes, 16 installations
496 Fourth Edition 1973-11-xx [QCU]
497 rewriting in C effected,
498 above 30 installations
499 Fifth Edition 1974-06-xx [QCU]
500 above 50 installations
501 Sixth Edition 1975-05-xx [QCU]
503 Seventh Edition 1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
505 Eighth Edition 1985-02-xx [QCU]
506 VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
507 descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
508 descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
509 scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
510 and networking part by the streams mechanism
512 Ninth Edition 1986-09-xx [QCU]
513 Tenth Edition 1989-10-xx [QCU]
518 PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
519 30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
520 35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
521 2BSD mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
522 75 2BSD tapes shipped
523 2.79BSD 1980-04-xx [TUHS]
524 2.8BSD 1981-07-xx [KSJ]
525 First 2BSD with bootable V7 kernel plus
527 2.8.1BSD 1982-01-xx [QCU]
528 set of performance improvements
529 2.9BSD 1983-07-xx [KSJ]
530 2.9.1BSD 1983-11-xx [TUHS]
531 2.9BSD-Seismo 1985-08-xx [SMS]
532 2.10BSD 1987-04-xx [KKK]
533 2.10.1BSD 1989-01-xx [SMS]
534 2.11BSD 1991-03-14 [SMS]
535 2.11BSD rev #430 1999-12-13 [SMS]
537 32V 1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
538 3BSD late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
539 virtual memory, page replacement,
542 4.1BSD 1981-07-08 [DOC]
544 alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
545 4.1bBSD internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
547 beta release, IPC [44B]
548 4.2BSD 1983-09-xx [QCU]
550 4.3BSD 1986-06-xx [QCU]
551 1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
552 4.3BSD Tahoe 1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
553 4.3BSD NET/1 1988-11-xx [QCU]
555 4.3BSD Reno 1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
556 4.3BSD NET/2 1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
558 BSD/386 ALPHA 1991-12-xx [BSDI]
559 first code released to people outside BSDI
560 386BSD 0.0 1992-02-xx [DOC]
561 BSD/386 0.3.1 1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
562 BSD/386 0.3.3 1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
563 386BSD 0.1 1992-07-28 [DOC]
564 4.4BSD Alpha 1992-07-07
565 BSD/386 0.9.3 1992-10-xx [BSDI]
566 first external gamma; G customers
567 BSD/386 0.9.4 1992-12-xx [BSDI]
568 would have been 1.0 except for request
569 for preliminary injunction
570 BSD/386 1.0 1993-03-xx [BSDI]
571 injunction denied; first official release
572 NetBSD 0.8 1993-04-20 [NBD]
573 4.4BSD 1993-06-01 [USE]
574 NetBSD 0.9 1993-08-23 [NBD]
575 FreeBSD 1.0 1993-11-01 [FBD]
576 FreeBSD 1.0.2 1993-11-14 [FBD]
577 supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
578 BSD/386 1.1 1994-02-xx [BSDI]
579 4.4BSD Lite 1994-03-01 [USE]
580 FreeBSD 1.1 1994-05-07 [FBD]
581 FreeBSD 1.1.5 1994-06-30 [FBD]
582 FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 1994-07-05 [FBD]
583 supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
584 NetBSD 1.0 1994-10-26 [NBD]
585 386BSD 1.0 1994-11-12 [USE]
586 FreeBSD 2.0 1994-11-23 [FBD]
587 BSD/OS 2.0 1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
588 FreeBSD 2.0.5 1995-06-10 [FBD]
589 BSD/OS 2.0.1 1995-06-xx [BSDI]
590 4.4BSD Lite Release 2 1995-06-xx [44B]
591 the true final distribution from the CSRG
592 FreeBSD 2.1.0 1995-11-19 [FBD]
593 NetBSD 1.1 1995-11-26 [NBD]
594 BSD/OS 2.1 1996-01-xx [BSDI]
595 FreeBSD 2.1.5 1996-07-14 [FBD]
596 NetBSD 1.2 1996-10-04 [NBD]
597 OpenBSD 2.0 1996-10-18 [OBD]
598 FreeBSD 2.1.6 1996-11-16 [FBD]
599 FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
601 FreeBSD 2.1.7 1997-02-20 [FBD]
602 BSD/OS 3.0 1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
603 FreeBSD 2.2.0 1997-03-16 [FBD]
604 FreeBSD 2.2.1 1997-03-25 [FBD]
605 FreeBSD 2.2.2 1997-05-16 [FBD]
606 NetBSD 1.2.1 1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
607 OpenBSD 2.1 1997-06-01 [OBD]
608 FreeBSD 2.2.5 1997-10-22 [FBD]
609 OpenBSD 2.2 1997-12-01 [OBD]
610 NetBSD 1.3 1998-01-04 [NBD]
611 FreeBSD 2.2.6 1998-03-25 [FBD]
612 NetBSD 1.3.1 1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
613 BSD/OS 3.1 1998-03-xx [BSDI]
614 OpenBSD 2.3 1998-05-19 [OBD]
615 NetBSD 1.3.2 1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
616 FreeBSD 2.2.7 1998-07-22 [FBD]
617 BSD/OS 4.0 1998-08-xx [BSDI]
618 2-lock MP support, ELF executables
619 FreeBSD 3.0 1998-10-16 [FBD]
620 FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
621 while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
622 was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
623 FreeBSD 2.2.8 1998-11-29 [FBD]
624 OpenBSD 2.4 1998-12-01 [OBD]
625 NetBSD 1.3.3 1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
626 FreeBSD 3.1 1999-02-15 [FBD]
627 BSD/OS 4.0.1 1999-03-xx [BSDI]
628 NetBSD 1.4 1999-05-12 [NBD]
629 FreeBSD 3.2 1999-05-17 [FBD]
630 OpenBSD 2.5 1999-05-19 [OBD]
631 NetBSD 1.4.1 1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
632 FreeBSD 3.3 1999-09-17 [FBD]
633 OpenBSD 2.6 1999-12-01 [OBD]
634 FreeBSD 3.4 1999-12-20 [FBD]
635 BSD/OS 4.1 1999-12-xx [BSDI]
636 FreeBSD 4.0 2000-03-13 [FBD]
637 NetBSD 1.4.2 2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
638 OpenBSD 2.7 2000-06-15 [OBD]
639 FreeBSD 3.5 2000-06-24 [FBD]
640 FreeBSD 4.1 2000-07-27 [FBD]
641 FreeBSD 3.5.1 2000-07-28 [FBD]
642 FreeBSD 4.1.1 2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
643 FreeBSD 4.2 2000-11-21 [FBD]
644 NetBSD 1.4.3 2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
645 BSD/OS 4.2 2000-11-29 [BSDI]
646 OpenBSD 2.8 2000-12-01 [OBD]
647 NetBSD 1.5 2000-12-06 [NBD]
648 Mac OS X 10.0 2001-03-24 [APL]
649 FreeBSD 4.3 2001-04-20 [FBD]
650 OpenBSD 2.9 2001-06-01 [OBD]
651 NetBSD 1.5.1 2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
652 NetBSD 1.5.2 2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
653 FreeBSD 4.4 2001-09-18 [FBD]
654 Mac OS X 10.1 2001-09-29 [APL]
655 OpenBSD 3.0 2001-12-01 [OBD]
656 FreeBSD 4.5 2002-01-29 [FBD]
657 BSD/OS 4.3 2002-03-14 [WRS]
658 OpenBSD 3.1 2002-05-19 [OBD]
659 FreeBSD 4.6 2002-06-15 [FBD]
660 NetBSD 1.5.3 2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
661 FreeBSD 4.6.2 2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
662 Mac OS X 10.2 2002-08-23 [APL]
663 NetBSD 1.6 2002-09-14 [NBD]
664 FreeBSD 4.7 2002-10-08 [FBD]
665 OpenBSD 3.2 2002-11-01 [OBD]
666 FreeBSD 5.0 2003-01-17 [FBD]
667 FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
668 -current, similar to 3.0.
669 FreeBSD 4.8 2003-04-03 [FBD]
670 NetBSD 1.6.1 2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
671 OpenBSD 3.3 2003-05-01 [OBD]
672 BSD/OS 5.0 2003-05-?? [WRS]
673 FreeBSD 5.1 2003-06-09 [FBD]
674 Mac OS X 10.3 2003-10-24 [APL]
675 FreeBSD 4.9 2003-10-28 [FBD]
676 BSD/OS 5.1 ISE 2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
677 OpenBSD 3.4 2003-11-01 [OBD]
678 FreeBSD 5.2 2004-01-12 [FBD]
679 FreeBSD 5.2.1 2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
680 NetBSD 1.6.2 2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
681 OpenBSD 3.5 2004-04-01 [OBD]
682 FreeBSD 4.10 2004-05-27 [FBD]
683 DragonFly 1.0 2004-07-12 [DFB]
684 OpenBSD 3.6 2004-10-29 [OBD]
685 FreeBSD 5.3 2004-11-06 [FBD]
686 NetBSD 2.0 2004-12-09 [NBD]
687 FreeBSD 4.11 2005-01-25 [FBD]
688 DragonFly 1.2.0 2005-04-08 [DFB]
689 NetBSD 2.0.2 2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
690 Mac OS X 10.4 2005-04-29 [APL]
691 FreeBSD 5.4 2005-05-09 [FBD]
692 OpenBSD 3.7 2005-05-19 [OBD]
693 NetBSD 2.0.3 2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
694 OpenBSD 3.8 2005-11-01 [OBD]
695 FreeBSD 6.0 2005-11-01 [FBD]
696 NetBSD 2.1 2005-11-02 [NBD]
697 NetBSD 3.0 2005-12-23 [NBD]
698 DragonFly 1.4.0 2006-01-08 [DFB]
699 FreeBSD 2.2.9 2006-04-01 [FBD]
700 OpenBSD 3.9 2006-05-01 [OBD]
701 FreeBSD 6.1 2006-05-08 [FBD]
702 FreeBSD 5.5 2006-05-25 [FBD]
703 NetBSD 3.0.1 2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
704 DragonFly 1.6.0 2006-07-24 [DFB]
705 OpenBSD 4.0 2006-11-01 [OBD]
706 NetBSD 3.0.2 2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
707 NetBSD 3.1 2006-11-04 [NBD]
708 FreeBSD 6.2 2007-01-15 [FBD]
709 DragonFly 1.8.0 2007-01-30 [DFB]
710 OpenBSD 4.1 2007-05-01 [OBD]
711 DragonFly 1.10.0 2007-08-06 [DFB]
712 Mac OS X 10.5 2007-10-26 [APL]
713 OpenBSD 4.2 2007-11-01 [OBD]
714 NetBSD 4.0 2007-12-19 [NBD]
715 FreeBSD 6.3 2008-01-18 [FBD]
716 DragonFly 1.12.0 2008-02-26 [DFB]
717 FreeBSD 7.0 2008-02-27 [FBD]
718 OpenBSD 4.3 2008-05-01 [OBD]
719 DragonFly 2.0.0 2008-07-21 [DFB]
720 OpenBSD 4.4 2008-11-01 [OBD]
721 FreeBSD 6.4 2008-11-28 [FBD]
722 FreeBSD 7.1 2009-01-04 [FBD]
723 DragonFly 2.2.0 2009-02-17 [DFB]
724 NetBSD 5.0 2009-04-29 [NBD]
725 OpenBSD 4.5 2009-05-01 [OBD]
726 FreeBSD 7.2 2009-05-04 [FBD]
727 Mac OS X 10.6 2009-06-08 [APL]
728 NetBSD 5.0.1 2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
729 DragonFly 2.4.0 2009-09-16 [DFB]
730 OpenBSD 4.6 2009-10-18 [OBD]
731 FreeBSD 8.0 2009-11-26 [FBD]
732 NetBSD 5.0.2 2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
733 FreeBSD 7.3 2010-03-23 [FBD]
734 DragonFly 2.6.0 2010-03-28 [DFB]
735 OpenBSD 4.7 2010-05-19 [OBD]
736 FreeBSD 8.1 2010-07-24 [FBD]
737 DragonFly 2.8.2 2010-10-30 [DFB]
738 OpenBSD 4.8 2010-11-01 [OBD]
739 NetBSD 5.1 2010-11-19 [NBD]
740 FreeBSD 7.4 2011-02-24 [FBD]
741 FreeBSD 8.2 2011-02-24 [FBD]
742 DragonFly 2.10.1 2011-04-26 [DFB]
743 OpenBSD 4.9 2011-05-01 [OBD]
744 Mac OS X 10.7 2011-07-20 [APL]
745 OpenBSD 5.0 2011-11-01 [OBD]
746 FreeBSD 9.0 2012-01-12 [FBD]
747 NetBSD 5.1.2 2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
748 DragonFly 3.0.1 2012-02-21 [DFB]
749 FreeBSD 8.3 2012-04-18 [FBD]
750 OpenBSD 5.1 2012-05-01 [OBD]
751 Mac OS X 10.8 2012-07-25 [APL]
752 NetBSD 6.0 2012-10-17 [NBD]
753 OpenBSD 5.2 2012-11-01 [OBD]
754 DragonFly 3.2.1 2012-11-02 [DFB]
755 NetBSD 5.2 2012-12-03 [NBD]
756 NetBSD 6.0.1 2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
757 FreeBSD 9.1 2012-12-30 [FBD]
758 DragonFly 3.4.1 2013-04-29 [DFB]
759 OpenBSD 5.3 2013-05-01 [OBD]
760 NetBSD 6.0.2 2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
761 NetBSD 6.1 2013-05-18 [NBD]
762 FreeBSD 8.4 2013-06-07 [FBD]
763 NetBSD 6.1.1 2013-08-22 [NBD]
764 NetBSD 5.1.3 2013-09-29 [NBD]
765 NetBSD 5.2.1 2013-09-29 [NBD]
766 FreeBSD 9.2 2013-09-30 [FBD]
767 NetBSD 6.0.3 2013-09-30 [NBD]
768 NetBSD 6.1.2 2013-09-30 [NBD]
769 Mac OS X 10.9 2013-10-22 [APL]
770 OpenBSD 5.4 2013-11-01 [OBD]
771 DragonFly 3.6.0 2013-11-25 [DFB]
772 FreeBSD 10.0 2014-01-20 [FBD]
773 NetBSD 5.1.4 2014-01-25 [NBD]
774 NetBSD 5.2.2 2014-01-25 [NBD]
775 NetBSD 6.0.4 2014-01-25 [NBD]
776 NetBSD 6.1.3 2014-01-25 [NBD]
777 DragonFly 3.6.1 2014-02-22 [DFB]
778 DragonFly 3.6.2 2014-04-10 [DFB]
779 NetBSD 6.0.5 2014-04-12 [NBD]
780 NetBSD 6.1.4 2014-04-12 [NBD]
781 OpenBSD 5.5 2014-05-01 [OBD]
782 DragonFly 3.8.0 2014-06-04 [DFB]
783 DragonFly 3.8.1 2014-06-16 [DFB]
784 DragonFly 3.6.3 2014-06-17 [DFB]
785 FreeBSD 9.3 2014-07-05 [FBD]
786 DragonFly 3.8.2 2014-08-08 [DFB]
787 NetBSD 6.0.6 2014-09-22 [NBD]
788 NetBSD 6.1.5 2014-09-22 [NBD]
789 Mac OS X 10.10 2014-10-16 [APL]
790 OpenBSD 5.6 2014-11-01 [OBD]
791 FreeBSD 10.1 2014-11-14 [FBD]
792 DragonFly 4.0.1 2014-11-25 [DFB]
793 DragonFly 4.0.2 2015-01-07 [DFB]
794 DragonFly 4.0.3 2015-01-21 [DFB]
795 DragonFly 4.0.4 2015-03-09 [DFB]
796 DragonFly 4.0.5 2015-03-23 [DFB]
797 OpenBSD 5.7 2015-05-01 [OBD]
798 DragonFly 4.2.0 2015-06-29 [DFB]
799 FreeBSD 10.2 2015-08-13 [FBD]
800 NetBSD 7.0 2015-09-25 [NBD]
801 OS X 10.11 2015-09-30 [APL]
802 OpenBSD 5.8 2015-10-18 [OBD]
803 DragonFly 4.4.1 2015-12-07 [DFB]
804 OpenBSD 5.9 2016-03-29 [OBD]
805 FreeBSD 10.3 2016-04-04 [FBD]
806 NetBSD 7.0.1 2016-05-22 [NBD]
807 DragonFly 4.6.0 2016-08-02 [DFB]
808 OpenBSD 6.0 2016-09-01 [OBD]
809 macOS 10.12 2016-09-20 [APL]
810 FreeBSD 11.0 2016-10-10 [FBD]
811 NetBSD 7.0.2 2016-10-21 [NBD]
812 NetBSD 7.1 2017-03-11 [NBD]
813 DragonFly 4.8.0 2017-03-27 [DFB]
814 OpenBSD 6.1 2017-04-11 [OBD]
815 FreeBSD 11.1 2017-07-26 [FBD]
816 macOS 10.13 2017-09-25 [APL]
817 FreeBSD 10.4 2017-10-03 [FBD]
818 OpenBSD 6.2 2017-10-09 [OBD]
819 DragonFly 5.0.0 2017-10-16 [DFB]
820 DragonFly 5.0.1 2017-11-06 [DFB]
821 DragonFly 5.0.2 2017-12-04 [DFB]
822 NetBSD 7.1.1 2017-12-22 [NBD]
823 NetBSD 7.1.2 2018-03-15 [NBD]
824 OpenBSD 6.3 2018-04-02 [OBD]
825 DragonFly 5.2.0 2018-04-10 [DFB]
826 DragonFly 5.2.1 2018-05-20 [DFB]
827 DragonFly 5.2.2 2018-06-18 [DFB]
828 FreeBSD 11.2 2018-06-27 [FBD]
829 NetBSD 8.0 2018-07-17 [NBD]
830 NetBSD 7.2 2018-08-29 [NBD]
831 macOS 10.14 2018-09-24 [APL]
832 OpenBSD 6.4 2018-10-18 [OBD]
833 DragonFly 5.4.0 2018-12-03 [DFB]
834 FreeBSD 12.0 2018-12-11 [FBD]
835 DragonFly 5.4.1 2018-12-24 [DFB]
836 OpenBSD 6.5 2019-05-01 [OBD]
837 NetBSD 8.1 2019-06-04 [NBD]
838 DragonFly 5.6 2019-06-17 [DFB]
839 DragonFly 5.6.1 2019-06-19 [DFB]
840 FreeBSD 11.3 2019-07-09 [FBD]
841 DragonFly 5.6.2 2019-08-11 [DFB]
842 OpenBSD 6.6 2019-10-17 [OBD]
843 macOS 10.15 2019-10-07 [APL]
844 macOS 10.15.1 2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
845 FreeBSD 12.1 2019-11-04 [FBD]
846 NetBSD 9.0 2020-02-14 [NBD]
847 DragonFly 5.8 2020-03-03 [DFB]
848 DragonFly 5.6.3 2020-03-11 [DFB]
849 NetBSD 8.2 2020-03-31 [NBD]
850 DragonFly 5.8.1 2020-05-06 [DFB]
851 OpenBSD 6.7 2020-05-19 [OBD]
852 FreeBSD 11.4 2020-06-16 [FBD]
853 DragonFly 5.8.2 2020-09-23 [DFB]
854 DragonFly 5.8.3 2020-09-24 [DFB]
855 OpenBSD 6.8 2020-10-18 [OBD]
856 NetBSD 9.1 2020-10-18 [NBD]
857 FreeBSD 12.2 2020-10-27 [FBD]
858 macOS 11 2020-11-19 [APL]
859 FreeBSD 13.0 2021-04-13 [FBD]
860 OpenBSD 6.9 2021-05-01 [OBD]
861 DragonFly 6.0 2021-05-08 [DFB]
862 NetBSD 9.2 2021-05-12 [NBD]
863 DragonFly 6.0.1 2021-10-12 [DFB]
864 OpenBSD 7.0 2021-10-14 [OBD]
865 macOS 12 2021-10-25 [APL]
866 FreeBSD 12.3 2021-12-01 [FBD]
867 DragonFly 6.2.1 2022-01-09 [DFB]
868 OpenBSD 7.1 2022-04-21 [OBD]
869 FreeBSD 13.1 2022-05-17 [FBD]
870 DragonFly 6.2.2 2022-06-09 [DFB]
871 NetBSD 9.3 2022-08-04 [NBD]
872 OpenBSD 7.2 2022-10-20 [OBD]
873 macOS 13 2022-10-24 [APL]
874 FreeBSD 12.4 2022-12-05 [FBD]
875 DragonFly 6.4 2022-12-30 [DFB]
876 OpenBSD 7.3 2023-04-10 [OBD]
877 FreeBSD 13.2 2023-04-11 [FBD]
878 macOS 14 2023-09-26 [APL]
879 OpenBSD 7.4 2023-10-16 [OBD]
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901 Pearson Education, Inc., 2014. ISBN 0-321-96897-2
903 Doug McIlroy. Research Unix Reader.
905 Michael G. Brown. The Role of BSD in the Development of Unix.
906 Presented to the Tasmanian Unix Special Interest Group of the
907 Australian Computer Society, Hobart, August 1993.
909 Peter H. Salus. Unix at 25. Byte Magazine, October 1994.
910 URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20081230094857/http://www.byte.com/art/9410/sec8/art3.htm
912 Andreas Klemm, Lars Köller. If you're going to San Francisco ...
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915 FreeBSD Release Information
916 URL: https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/
919 URL: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi
921 UNIX history graphing project
922 URL: https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/index.html
925 URL: https://www.levenez.com/unix/
927 James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
928 URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20090427195917/http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
929 ("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
935 Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
936 original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
938 Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
941 Copyright (c) 1997-2023 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
942 URL: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/share/misc/bsd-family-tree