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 |
452 FreeBSD 14 -current | NetBSD -current OpenBSD -current DragonFly -current
459 Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
460 was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
462 [44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
463 and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
464 the 4.4BSD Operating System.
465 [APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
466 [BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
467 [DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
468 [DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
469 [FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
470 [KB] Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
471 Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
472 [KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
473 comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
474 [KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
475 Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
476 Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
477 [NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
478 [OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
479 [QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
480 [SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
481 [TUHS] The Unix Historical Society. https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
482 [USE] Usenet announcement.
483 [WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
484 [dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
489 First Edition 1971-11-03 [QCU]
490 DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
491 Second Edition 1972-06-12 [QCU]
492 10 UNIX installations
493 Third Edition 1973-02-xx [QCU]
494 Pipes, 16 installations
495 Fourth Edition 1973-11-xx [QCU]
496 rewriting in C effected,
497 above 30 installations
498 Fifth Edition 1974-06-xx [QCU]
499 above 50 installations
500 Sixth Edition 1975-05-xx [QCU]
502 Seventh Edition 1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
504 Eighth Edition 1985-02-xx [QCU]
505 VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
506 descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
507 descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
508 scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
509 and networking part by the streams mechanism
511 Ninth Edition 1986-09-xx [QCU]
512 Tenth Edition 1989-10-xx [QCU]
517 PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
518 30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
519 35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
520 2BSD mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
521 75 2BSD tapes shipped
522 2.79BSD 1980-04-xx [TUHS]
523 2.8BSD 1981-07-xx [KSJ]
524 First 2BSD with bootable V7 kernel plus
526 2.8.1BSD 1982-01-xx [QCU]
527 set of performance improvements
528 2.9BSD 1983-07-xx [KSJ]
529 2.9.1BSD 1983-11-xx [TUHS]
530 2.9BSD-Seismo 1985-08-xx [SMS]
531 2.10BSD 1987-04-xx [KKK]
532 2.10.1BSD 1989-01-xx [SMS]
533 2.11BSD 1991-03-14 [SMS]
534 2.11BSD rev #430 1999-12-13 [SMS]
536 32V 1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
537 3BSD late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
538 virtual memory, page replacement,
541 4.1BSD 1981-07-08 [DOC]
543 alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
544 4.1bBSD internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
546 beta release, IPC [44B]
547 4.2BSD 1983-09-xx [QCU]
549 4.3BSD 1986-06-xx [QCU]
550 1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
551 4.3BSD Tahoe 1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
552 4.3BSD NET/1 1988-11-xx [QCU]
554 4.3BSD Reno 1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
555 4.3BSD NET/2 1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
557 BSD/386 ALPHA 1991-12-xx [BSDI]
558 first code released to people outside BSDI
559 386BSD 0.0 1992-02-xx [DOC]
560 BSD/386 0.3.1 1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
561 BSD/386 0.3.3 1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
562 386BSD 0.1 1992-07-28 [DOC]
563 4.4BSD Alpha 1992-07-07
564 BSD/386 0.9.3 1992-10-xx [BSDI]
565 first external gamma; G customers
566 BSD/386 0.9.4 1992-12-xx [BSDI]
567 would have been 1.0 except for request
568 for preliminary injunction
569 BSD/386 1.0 1993-03-xx [BSDI]
570 injunction denied; first official release
571 NetBSD 0.8 1993-04-20 [NBD]
572 4.4BSD 1993-06-01 [USE]
573 NetBSD 0.9 1993-08-23 [NBD]
574 FreeBSD 1.0 1993-11-01 [FBD]
575 FreeBSD 1.0.2 1993-11-14 [FBD]
576 supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
577 BSD/386 1.1 1994-02-xx [BSDI]
578 4.4BSD Lite 1994-03-01 [USE]
579 FreeBSD 1.1 1994-05-07 [FBD]
580 FreeBSD 1.1.5 1994-06-30 [FBD]
581 FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 1994-07-05 [FBD]
582 supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
583 NetBSD 1.0 1994-10-26 [NBD]
584 386BSD 1.0 1994-11-12 [USE]
585 FreeBSD 2.0 1994-11-23 [FBD]
586 BSD/OS 2.0 1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
587 FreeBSD 2.0.5 1995-06-10 [FBD]
588 BSD/OS 2.0.1 1995-06-xx [BSDI]
589 4.4BSD Lite Release 2 1995-06-xx [44B]
590 the true final distribution from the CSRG
591 FreeBSD 2.1.0 1995-11-19 [FBD]
592 NetBSD 1.1 1995-11-26 [NBD]
593 BSD/OS 2.1 1996-01-xx [BSDI]
594 FreeBSD 2.1.5 1996-07-14 [FBD]
595 NetBSD 1.2 1996-10-04 [NBD]
596 OpenBSD 2.0 1996-10-18 [OBD]
597 FreeBSD 2.1.6 1996-11-16 [FBD]
598 FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
600 FreeBSD 2.1.7 1997-02-20 [FBD]
601 BSD/OS 3.0 1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
602 FreeBSD 2.2.0 1997-03-16 [FBD]
603 FreeBSD 2.2.1 1997-03-25 [FBD]
604 FreeBSD 2.2.2 1997-05-16 [FBD]
605 NetBSD 1.2.1 1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
606 OpenBSD 2.1 1997-06-01 [OBD]
607 FreeBSD 2.2.5 1997-10-22 [FBD]
608 OpenBSD 2.2 1997-12-01 [OBD]
609 NetBSD 1.3 1998-01-04 [NBD]
610 FreeBSD 2.2.6 1998-03-25 [FBD]
611 NetBSD 1.3.1 1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
612 BSD/OS 3.1 1998-03-xx [BSDI]
613 OpenBSD 2.3 1998-05-19 [OBD]
614 NetBSD 1.3.2 1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
615 FreeBSD 2.2.7 1998-07-22 [FBD]
616 BSD/OS 4.0 1998-08-xx [BSDI]
617 2-lock MP support, ELF executables
618 FreeBSD 3.0 1998-10-16 [FBD]
619 FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
620 while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
621 was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
622 FreeBSD 2.2.8 1998-11-29 [FBD]
623 OpenBSD 2.4 1998-12-01 [OBD]
624 NetBSD 1.3.3 1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
625 FreeBSD 3.1 1999-02-15 [FBD]
626 BSD/OS 4.0.1 1999-03-xx [BSDI]
627 NetBSD 1.4 1999-05-12 [NBD]
628 FreeBSD 3.2 1999-05-17 [FBD]
629 OpenBSD 2.5 1999-05-19 [OBD]
630 NetBSD 1.4.1 1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
631 FreeBSD 3.3 1999-09-17 [FBD]
632 OpenBSD 2.6 1999-12-01 [OBD]
633 FreeBSD 3.4 1999-12-20 [FBD]
634 BSD/OS 4.1 1999-12-xx [BSDI]
635 FreeBSD 4.0 2000-03-13 [FBD]
636 NetBSD 1.4.2 2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
637 OpenBSD 2.7 2000-06-15 [OBD]
638 FreeBSD 3.5 2000-06-24 [FBD]
639 FreeBSD 4.1 2000-07-27 [FBD]
640 FreeBSD 3.5.1 2000-07-28 [FBD]
641 FreeBSD 4.1.1 2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
642 FreeBSD 4.2 2000-11-21 [FBD]
643 NetBSD 1.4.3 2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
644 BSD/OS 4.2 2000-11-29 [BSDI]
645 OpenBSD 2.8 2000-12-01 [OBD]
646 NetBSD 1.5 2000-12-06 [NBD]
647 Mac OS X 10.0 2001-03-24 [APL]
648 FreeBSD 4.3 2001-04-20 [FBD]
649 OpenBSD 2.9 2001-06-01 [OBD]
650 NetBSD 1.5.1 2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
651 NetBSD 1.5.2 2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
652 FreeBSD 4.4 2001-09-18 [FBD]
653 Mac OS X 10.1 2001-09-29 [APL]
654 OpenBSD 3.0 2001-12-01 [OBD]
655 FreeBSD 4.5 2002-01-29 [FBD]
656 BSD/OS 4.3 2002-03-14 [WRS]
657 OpenBSD 3.1 2002-05-19 [OBD]
658 FreeBSD 4.6 2002-06-15 [FBD]
659 NetBSD 1.5.3 2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
660 FreeBSD 4.6.2 2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
661 Mac OS X 10.2 2002-08-23 [APL]
662 NetBSD 1.6 2002-09-14 [NBD]
663 FreeBSD 4.7 2002-10-08 [FBD]
664 OpenBSD 3.2 2002-11-01 [OBD]
665 FreeBSD 5.0 2003-01-17 [FBD]
666 FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
667 -current, similar to 3.0.
668 FreeBSD 4.8 2003-04-03 [FBD]
669 NetBSD 1.6.1 2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
670 OpenBSD 3.3 2003-05-01 [OBD]
671 BSD/OS 5.0 2003-05-?? [WRS]
672 FreeBSD 5.1 2003-06-09 [FBD]
673 Mac OS X 10.3 2003-10-24 [APL]
674 FreeBSD 4.9 2003-10-28 [FBD]
675 BSD/OS 5.1 ISE 2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
676 OpenBSD 3.4 2003-11-01 [OBD]
677 FreeBSD 5.2 2004-01-12 [FBD]
678 FreeBSD 5.2.1 2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
679 NetBSD 1.6.2 2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
680 OpenBSD 3.5 2004-04-01 [OBD]
681 FreeBSD 4.10 2004-05-27 [FBD]
682 DragonFly 1.0 2004-07-12 [DFB]
683 OpenBSD 3.6 2004-10-29 [OBD]
684 FreeBSD 5.3 2004-11-06 [FBD]
685 NetBSD 2.0 2004-12-09 [NBD]
686 FreeBSD 4.11 2005-01-25 [FBD]
687 DragonFly 1.2.0 2005-04-08 [DFB]
688 NetBSD 2.0.2 2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
689 Mac OS X 10.4 2005-04-29 [APL]
690 FreeBSD 5.4 2005-05-09 [FBD]
691 OpenBSD 3.7 2005-05-19 [OBD]
692 NetBSD 2.0.3 2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
693 OpenBSD 3.8 2005-11-01 [OBD]
694 FreeBSD 6.0 2005-11-01 [FBD]
695 NetBSD 2.1 2005-11-02 [NBD]
696 NetBSD 3.0 2005-12-23 [NBD]
697 DragonFly 1.4.0 2006-01-08 [DFB]
698 FreeBSD 2.2.9 2006-04-01 [FBD]
699 OpenBSD 3.9 2006-05-01 [OBD]
700 FreeBSD 6.1 2006-05-08 [FBD]
701 FreeBSD 5.5 2006-05-25 [FBD]
702 NetBSD 3.0.1 2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
703 DragonFly 1.6.0 2006-07-24 [DFB]
704 OpenBSD 4.0 2006-11-01 [OBD]
705 NetBSD 3.0.2 2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
706 NetBSD 3.1 2006-11-04 [NBD]
707 FreeBSD 6.2 2007-01-15 [FBD]
708 DragonFly 1.8.0 2007-01-30 [DFB]
709 OpenBSD 4.1 2007-05-01 [OBD]
710 DragonFly 1.10.0 2007-08-06 [DFB]
711 Mac OS X 10.5 2007-10-26 [APL]
712 OpenBSD 4.2 2007-11-01 [OBD]
713 NetBSD 4.0 2007-12-19 [NBD]
714 FreeBSD 6.3 2008-01-18 [FBD]
715 DragonFly 1.12.0 2008-02-26 [DFB]
716 FreeBSD 7.0 2008-02-27 [FBD]
717 OpenBSD 4.3 2008-05-01 [OBD]
718 DragonFly 2.0.0 2008-07-21 [DFB]
719 OpenBSD 4.4 2008-11-01 [OBD]
720 FreeBSD 6.4 2008-11-28 [FBD]
721 FreeBSD 7.1 2009-01-04 [FBD]
722 DragonFly 2.2.0 2009-02-17 [DFB]
723 NetBSD 5.0 2009-04-29 [NBD]
724 OpenBSD 4.5 2009-05-01 [OBD]
725 FreeBSD 7.2 2009-05-04 [FBD]
726 Mac OS X 10.6 2009-06-08 [APL]
727 NetBSD 5.0.1 2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
728 DragonFly 2.4.0 2009-09-16 [DFB]
729 OpenBSD 4.6 2009-10-18 [OBD]
730 FreeBSD 8.0 2009-11-26 [FBD]
731 NetBSD 5.0.2 2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
732 FreeBSD 7.3 2010-03-23 [FBD]
733 DragonFly 2.6.0 2010-03-28 [DFB]
734 OpenBSD 4.7 2010-05-19 [OBD]
735 FreeBSD 8.1 2010-07-24 [FBD]
736 DragonFly 2.8.2 2010-10-30 [DFB]
737 OpenBSD 4.8 2010-11-01 [OBD]
738 NetBSD 5.1 2010-11-19 [NBD]
739 FreeBSD 7.4 2011-02-24 [FBD]
740 FreeBSD 8.2 2011-02-24 [FBD]
741 DragonFly 2.10.1 2011-04-26 [DFB]
742 OpenBSD 4.9 2011-05-01 [OBD]
743 Mac OS X 10.7 2011-07-20 [APL]
744 OpenBSD 5.0 2011-11-01 [OBD]
745 FreeBSD 9.0 2012-01-12 [FBD]
746 NetBSD 5.1.2 2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
747 DragonFly 3.0.1 2012-02-21 [DFB]
748 FreeBSD 8.3 2012-04-18 [FBD]
749 OpenBSD 5.1 2012-05-01 [OBD]
750 Mac OS X 10.8 2012-07-25 [APL]
751 NetBSD 6.0 2012-10-17 [NBD]
752 OpenBSD 5.2 2012-11-01 [OBD]
753 DragonFly 3.2.1 2012-11-02 [DFB]
754 NetBSD 5.2 2012-12-03 [NBD]
755 NetBSD 6.0.1 2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
756 FreeBSD 9.1 2012-12-30 [FBD]
757 DragonFly 3.4.1 2013-04-29 [DFB]
758 OpenBSD 5.3 2013-05-01 [OBD]
759 NetBSD 6.0.2 2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
760 NetBSD 6.1 2013-05-18 [NBD]
761 FreeBSD 8.4 2013-06-07 [FBD]
762 NetBSD 6.1.1 2013-08-22 [NBD]
763 NetBSD 5.1.3 2013-09-29 [NBD]
764 NetBSD 5.2.1 2013-09-29 [NBD]
765 FreeBSD 9.2 2013-09-30 [FBD]
766 NetBSD 6.0.3 2013-09-30 [NBD]
767 NetBSD 6.1.2 2013-09-30 [NBD]
768 Mac OS X 10.9 2013-10-22 [APL]
769 OpenBSD 5.4 2013-11-01 [OBD]
770 DragonFly 3.6.0 2013-11-25 [DFB]
771 FreeBSD 10.0 2014-01-20 [FBD]
772 NetBSD 5.1.4 2014-01-25 [NBD]
773 NetBSD 5.2.2 2014-01-25 [NBD]
774 NetBSD 6.0.4 2014-01-25 [NBD]
775 NetBSD 6.1.3 2014-01-25 [NBD]
776 DragonFly 3.6.1 2014-02-22 [DFB]
777 DragonFly 3.6.2 2014-04-10 [DFB]
778 NetBSD 6.0.5 2014-04-12 [NBD]
779 NetBSD 6.1.4 2014-04-12 [NBD]
780 OpenBSD 5.5 2014-05-01 [OBD]
781 DragonFly 3.8.0 2014-06-04 [DFB]
782 DragonFly 3.8.1 2014-06-16 [DFB]
783 DragonFly 3.6.3 2014-06-17 [DFB]
784 FreeBSD 9.3 2014-07-05 [FBD]
785 DragonFly 3.8.2 2014-08-08 [DFB]
786 NetBSD 6.0.6 2014-09-22 [NBD]
787 NetBSD 6.1.5 2014-09-22 [NBD]
788 Mac OS X 10.10 2014-10-16 [APL]
789 OpenBSD 5.6 2014-11-01 [OBD]
790 FreeBSD 10.1 2014-11-14 [FBD]
791 DragonFly 4.0.1 2014-11-25 [DFB]
792 DragonFly 4.0.2 2015-01-07 [DFB]
793 DragonFly 4.0.3 2015-01-21 [DFB]
794 DragonFly 4.0.4 2015-03-09 [DFB]
795 DragonFly 4.0.5 2015-03-23 [DFB]
796 OpenBSD 5.7 2015-05-01 [OBD]
797 DragonFly 4.2.0 2015-06-29 [DFB]
798 FreeBSD 10.2 2015-08-13 [FBD]
799 NetBSD 7.0 2015-09-25 [NBD]
800 OS X 10.11 2015-09-30 [APL]
801 OpenBSD 5.8 2015-10-18 [OBD]
802 DragonFly 4.4.1 2015-12-07 [DFB]
803 OpenBSD 5.9 2016-03-29 [OBD]
804 FreeBSD 10.3 2016-04-04 [FBD]
805 NetBSD 7.0.1 2016-05-22 [NBD]
806 DragonFly 4.6.0 2016-08-02 [DFB]
807 OpenBSD 6.0 2016-09-01 [OBD]
808 macOS 10.12 2016-09-20 [APL]
809 FreeBSD 11.0 2016-10-10 [FBD]
810 NetBSD 7.0.2 2016-10-21 [NBD]
811 NetBSD 7.1 2017-03-11 [NBD]
812 DragonFly 4.8.0 2017-03-27 [DFB]
813 OpenBSD 6.1 2017-04-11 [OBD]
814 FreeBSD 11.1 2017-07-26 [FBD]
815 macOS 10.13 2017-09-25 [APL]
816 FreeBSD 10.4 2017-10-03 [FBD]
817 OpenBSD 6.2 2017-10-09 [OBD]
818 DragonFly 5.0.0 2017-10-16 [DFB]
819 DragonFly 5.0.1 2017-11-06 [DFB]
820 DragonFly 5.0.2 2017-12-04 [DFB]
821 NetBSD 7.1.1 2017-12-22 [NBD]
822 NetBSD 7.1.2 2018-03-15 [NBD]
823 OpenBSD 6.3 2018-04-02 [OBD]
824 DragonFly 5.2.0 2018-04-10 [DFB]
825 DragonFly 5.2.1 2018-05-20 [DFB]
826 DragonFly 5.2.2 2018-06-18 [DFB]
827 FreeBSD 11.2 2018-06-27 [FBD]
828 NetBSD 8.0 2018-07-17 [NBD]
829 NetBSD 7.2 2018-08-29 [NBD]
830 macOS 10.14 2018-09-24 [APL]
831 OpenBSD 6.4 2018-10-18 [OBD]
832 DragonFly 5.4.0 2018-12-03 [DFB]
833 FreeBSD 12.0 2018-12-11 [FBD]
834 DragonFly 5.4.1 2018-12-24 [DFB]
835 OpenBSD 6.5 2019-05-01 [OBD]
836 NetBSD 8.1 2019-06-04 [NBD]
837 DragonFly 5.6 2019-06-17 [DFB]
838 DragonFly 5.6.1 2019-06-19 [DFB]
839 FreeBSD 11.3 2019-07-09 [FBD]
840 DragonFly 5.6.2 2019-08-11 [DFB]
841 OpenBSD 6.6 2019-10-17 [OBD]
842 macOS 10.15 2019-10-07 [APL]
843 macOS 10.15.1 2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
844 FreeBSD 12.1 2019-11-04 [FBD]
845 NetBSD 9.0 2020-02-14 [NBD]
846 DragonFly 5.8 2020-03-03 [DFB]
847 DragonFly 5.6.3 2020-03-11 [DFB]
848 NetBSD 8.2 2020-03-31 [NBD]
849 DragonFly 5.8.1 2020-05-06 [DFB]
850 OpenBSD 6.7 2020-05-19 [OBD]
851 FreeBSD 11.4 2020-06-16 [FBD]
852 DragonFly 5.8.2 2020-09-23 [DFB]
853 DragonFly 5.8.3 2020-09-24 [DFB]
854 OpenBSD 6.8 2020-10-18 [OBD]
855 NetBSD 9.1 2020-10-18 [NBD]
856 FreeBSD 12.2 2020-10-27 [FBD]
857 macOS 11 2020-11-19 [APL]
858 FreeBSD 13.0 2021-04-13 [FBD]
859 OpenBSD 6.9 2021-05-01 [OBD]
860 DragonFly 6.0 2021-05-08 [DFB]
861 NetBSD 9.2 2021-05-12 [NBD]
862 DragonFly 6.0.1 2021-10-12 [DFB]
863 OpenBSD 7.0 2021-10-14 [OBD]
864 macOS 12 2021-10-25 [APL]
865 FreeBSD 12.3 2021-12-01 [FBD]
866 DragonFly 6.2.1 2022-01-09 [DFB]
867 OpenBSD 7.1 2022-04-21 [OBD]
868 FreeBSD 13.1 2022-05-17 [FBD]
869 DragonFly 6.2.2 2022-06-09 [DFB]
870 NetBSD 9.3 2022-08-04 [NBD]
871 OpenBSD 7.2 2022-10-20 [OBD]
872 macOS 13 2022-10-24 [APL]
873 FreeBSD 12.4 2022-12-05 [FBD]
874 DragonFly 6.4 2022-12-30 [DFB]
875 OpenBSD 7.3 2023-04-10 [OBD]
876 FreeBSD 13.2 2023-04-11 [FBD]
877 macOS 14 2023-09-26 [APL]
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897 McKusick, Marshall Kirk, George Neville-Neil, Robert Watson. The
898 Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, 2nd Edition.
899 Pearson Education, Inc., 2014. ISBN 0-321-96897-2
901 Doug McIlroy. Research Unix Reader.
903 Michael G. Brown. The Role of BSD in the Development of Unix.
904 Presented to the Tasmanian Unix Special Interest Group of the
905 Australian Computer Society, Hobart, August 1993.
907 Peter H. Salus. Unix at 25. Byte Magazine, October 1994.
908 URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20081230094857/http://www.byte.com/art/9410/sec8/art3.htm
910 Andreas Klemm, Lars Köller. If you're going to San Francisco ...
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913 FreeBSD Release Information
914 URL: https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/
917 URL: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi
919 UNIX history graphing project
920 URL: https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/index.html
923 URL: https://www.levenez.com/unix/
925 James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
926 URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20090427195917/http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
927 ("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
933 Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
934 original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
936 Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
939 Copyright (c) 1997-2023 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
940 URL: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/share/misc/bsd-family-tree