1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD 2--------------------------------------------- 3 4First Edition (V1) 5 | 6Second Edition (V2) 7 | 8Third Edition (V3) 9 | 10Fourth Edition (V4) 11 | 12Fifth Edition (V5) 13 | 14Sixth Edition (V6) -----* 15 \ | 16 \ | 17 \ | 18Seventh Edition (V7) | 19 \ | 20 \ 1BSD 21 32V | 22 \ 2BSD---------------* 23 \ / | 24 \ / | 25 \/ | 26 3BSD | 27 | | 28 4.0BSD 2.79BSD 29 | | 30 4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD 31 | | 32 4.1aBSD -----------\ | 33 | \ | 34 4.1bBSD \ | 35 | \ | 36 *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD 37 / | | 38Eighth Edition | 2.9BSD-Seismo 39 | | | 40 +----<--- 4.2BSD 2.9.1BSD 41 | | | 42 +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD 43 | | / | 44Ninth Edition | / 2.10.1BSD 45 | 4.3BSD Tahoe-----+ | 46 | | \ | 47 | | \ | 48 v | 2.11BSD 49Tenth Edition | | 50 | 2.11BSD rev #430 51 4.3BSD NET/1 | 52 | v 53 4.3BSD Reno 54 | 55 *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------* 56 | | | | 57386BSD 0.0 | | BSD/386 ALPHA 58 | | | | 59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+ | BSD/386 0.3.[13] 60 | \ | 4.4BSD Alpha | 61 | 386BSD 1.0 | | BSD/386 0.9.[34] 62 | | 4.4BSD | 63 | | / | | 64 | | 4.4BSD-Encumbered | | 65 | -NetBSD 0.8 | BSD/386 1.0 66 | / | | | 67FreeBSD 1.0 <-----' NetBSD 0.9 | BSD/386 1.1 68 | | .----- 4.4BSD Lite | 69FreeBSD 1.1 | / / | \ | 70 | | / / | \ | 71FreeBSD 1.1.5 .---|--------' / | \ | 72 | / | / | \ | 73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 / | / | \ | 74 | / NetBSD 1.0 <-' | \ | 75 | / | | \ | 76FreeBSD 2.0 <--' | | BSD/OS 2.0 77 | \ | | 78FreeBSD 2.0.5 \ | BSD/OS 2.0.1 79 | .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2 | 80 | | \ | | | | | 81 | | .-----|------Rhapsody | | | | 82 | | | | NetBSD 1.3 | | | 83 | | | | OpenBSD 2.3 | | 84 | | | | BSD/OS 3.0 | 85FreeBSD 2.1 | | | | 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 | 90 | | | | | \ | | 91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 | | | \ | | 92 | | | | | \ | | 93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7 | | | | | | 94 | | | | | NetBSD 1.2.1 | | 95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1 | | | | | 96 | | | | | | 97 | | | | | | 98 *-FreeBSD 2.2 | | | | | 99 | \ | | | | | 100 | FreeBSD 2.2.1 | | | | | 101 | | | | | | | 102 | FreeBSD 2.2.2 | | | OpenBSD 2.1 | 103 | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | 114 | | | | | | | | 115 | v | | | | OpenBSD 2.4 | 116 | FreeBSD 2.2.9 | | | | | | 117 | | | | | | | 118FreeBSD 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 | 123 | | | | | | | | | 124 | | | | | | | | | 125 | | | | | | | | | 126 | FreeBSD 3.3 | | | | NetBSD 1.4.1 | | 127 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 2.6 | 128 | FreeBSD 3.4 | | | | | | | 129 | | | | | | | | BSD/OS 4.1 130FreeBSD 4.0 | | | | | NetBSD 1.4.2 | | 131 | | | | | | | | | 132 | | | | | | | | | 133 | FreeBSD 3.5 | | | | | OpenBSD 2.7 | 134 | | | | | | | | | 135 | FreeBSD 3.5.1 | | | | | | | 136 | | | | | | | | 137 *---FreeBSD 4.1 | | | | | | | 138 | | | | (?) | | | | 139 | FreeBSD 4.1.1 | | / | | | | 140 | | | | / | | | | 141 | FreeBSD 4.2 Darwin/ | NetBSD 1.4.3 | | 142 | | Mac OS X | OpenBSD 2.8 BSD/OS 4.2 143 | | | | | | 144 | | | | | | 145 | | 10.0 NetBSD 1.5 | | 146 | FreeBSD 4.3 | | | | | 147 | | | | | OpenBSD 2.9 | 148 | | | | NetBSD 1.5.1 | | 149 | | | | | | | 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 | | | 158 | | 10.2 | | | 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 5.0 164 | | \ | | | | | 165 | FreeBSD 4.9 | | | | OpenBSD 3.4 BSD/OS 5.1 ISE 166 | | | | | | | 167 | | | | | NetBSD 1.6.2 | 168 | | | | | | | 169 | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.5 170 | | | | | v | 171 | FreeBSD 4.10 | | | | 172 | | | | | | 173 | FreeBSD 4.11 | | | | 174 | | | | | 175 | `-|------|-----------------|---------------------. 176 | | | | \ 177FreeBSD 5.0 | | | | 178 | | | | | 179FreeBSD 5.1 | | | DragonFly 1.0 180 | \ | | | | 181 | ----- Mac OS X | | | 182 | 10.3 | | | 183FreeBSD 5.2 | | | | 184 | | | | | | 185 | FreeBSD 5.2.1 | | | | 186 | | | | | 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 | | 192 | | 10.4 | | | | | 193 | FreeBSD 5.4 | | | | | | 194 | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.7 | 195 | | | | | NetBSD 2.0.3 | | 196 | | | | | | | | 197 *--FreeBSD | | | | v OpenBSD 3.8 | 198 | 6.0 | | | | | | 199 | | | | | \ | | 200 | | | | | NetBSD 2.1 | | 201 | | | | | | | 202 | | | | NetBSD 3.0 | | 203 | | | | | | | | DragonFly 1.4.0 204 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.9 | 205 | FreeBSD | | | | | | | 206 | 6.1 | | | | | | | 207 | | FreeBSD 5.5 | | | | | | 208 | | | | | NetBSD 3.0.1 | DragonFly 1.6.0 209 | | | | | | | | 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 1.10.0 217 | | Mac OS X | | | 218 | | 10.5 | | | 219 | | | | OpenBSD 4.2 | 220 | | | NetBSD 4.0 | | 221 | FreeBSD 6.3 | | | | | 222 | \ | | | | | 223 *--FreeBSD | | | | | DragonFly 1.12.0 224 | 7.0 | | | | | | 225 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.3 | 226 | | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 2.0.0 227 | | FreeBSD | | 4.0.1 OpenBSD 4.4 | 228 | | 6.4 | | | | 229 | | | | | | 230 | FreeBSD 7.1 | | | | 231 | | | | | DragonFly 2.2.0 232 | FreeBSD 7.2 | NetBSD 5.0 OpenBSD 4.5 | 233 | \ | | | \ | | 234 | | Mac OS X | | \ | | 235 | | 10.6 | | \ | | 236 | | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 2.4.0 237 | | | | | 5.0.1 OpenBSD 4.6 | 238 | | | | | | | | 239 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | | 240 | 8.0 | | | | | | | 241 | | FreeBSD | | | NetBSD | | 242 | | 7.3 | | | 5.0.2 | DragonFly 2.6.0 243 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.7 | 244 | FreeBSD | | | | | | 245 | 8.1 | | | | | | 246 | | | | | | | DragonFly 2.8.2 247 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.8 | 248 | | | | | *--NetBSD | | 249 | FreeBSD FreeBSD | | | 5.1 | | 250 | 8.2 7.4 | | | | | DragonFly 2.10.1 251 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.9 | 252 | `-----. Mac OS X | | | | | 253 | \ 10.7 | | | | | 254 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.0 | 255 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | | 256 | 9.0 | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 3.0.1 257 | | FreeBSD | | | 5.1.2 | | 258 | | 8.3 | | | | | | 259 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 260 | | | | | | 5.1.3 | | 261 | | | | | | | | | 262 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 263 | | | | | | 5.1.4 | | 264 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.1 | 265 | | | Mac OS X | `----. | | 266 | | | 10.8 | \ | | 267 | | | | NetBSD 6.0 | | | 268 | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.2 DragonFly 3.2.1 269 | FreeBSD | | | | | NetBSD | | 270 | 9.1 | | | | | 5.2 | | 271 | | | | | | | | | | 272 | | | | | | | NetBSD | | 273 | | | | | | | 5.2.1 | | 274 | | | | | | | | | | 275 | | | | | | | NetBSD | | 276 | | | | | | | 5.2.2 | | 277 | | | | | | | | | 278 | | | | | | \ | | 279 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 280 | | | | | | 6.0.1 | | 281 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.3 DragonFly 3.4.1 282 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 283 | | | | | | 6.0.2 | | 284 | | | | | | | | | 285 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 286 | | | | | | 6.0.3 | | 287 | | | | | | | | | 288 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 289 | | | | | | 6.0.4 | | 290 | | | | | | | | | 291 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 292 | | | | | | 6.0.5 | | 293 | | | | | | | | | 294 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 295 | | | | | | 6.0.6 | | 296 | | | | | | | | 297 | | | | | |`-NetBSD 6.1 | | 298 | | FreeBSD | | | | | 299 | | 8.4 | | NetBSD 6.1.1 | | 300 | | | | | | | 301 | FreeBSD | | NetBSD 6.1.2 | | 302 | 9.2 Mac OS X | | | | 303 | | 10.9 | | OpenBSD 5.4 | 304 | `-----. | | | | DragonFly 3.6.0 305 | \ | | | | | 306 *--FreeBSD | | | NetBSD 6.1.3 | | 307 | 10.0 | | | | | | 308 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.1 309 | | | | | | | | 310 | | | | | | | | 311 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.2 312 | | | | | NetBSD 6.1.4 | | 313 | | | | | | | | 314 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.5 | 315 | | | | | | | | 316 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.0 317 | | | | | | | | 318 | | | | | | | | 319 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.1 320 | | | | | | | | 321 | | | | | | | | 322 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.3 323 | | | | | | | | 324 | | FreeBSD | | | | | 325 | | 9.3 | | | | | 326 | | | | NetBSD 6.1.5 | DragonFly 3.8.2 327 | | Mac OS X | | | 328 | | 10.10 | | | 329 | | | | OpenBSD 5.6 | 330 | FreeBSD | | | | 331 | 10.1 | | | DragonFly 4.0.1 332 | | | | | | 333 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.2 334 | | | | | | 335 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.3 336 | | | | | | 337 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.4 338 | | | | | | 339 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.5 340 | | | | | | 341 | | | | OpenBSD 5.7 | 342 | | | | | DragonFly 4.2.0 343 | FreeBSD | | | | 344 | 10.2 | | | | 345 | | macOS NetBSD 7.0 | | 346 | | 10.11 | | | OpenBSD 5.8 | 347 | | | | | `--. | DragonFly 4.4.1 348 | FreeBSD | | | | OpenBSD 5.9 | 349 | 10.3 | | | | | | 350 | | | | | NetBSD 7.0.1 | | 351 | `------. | | | | | DragonFly 4.6.0 352 | | | | | | | | 353 | | | | | | | | 354 *--FreeBSD | macOS | | | OpenBSD 6.0 | 355 | 11.0 | 10.12 | | NetBSD 7.0.2 | | 356 | | | | | | | | 357 | | | | | *- NetBSD 7.1 | | 358 | | | | | | | | 359 | | | | | | | | 360 | | | macOS | | | DragonFly 4.8.0 361 | | | 10.13 | | OpenBSD 6.1 | 362 | FreeBSD | | | | | DragonFly 5.0.0 363 | 11.1 FreeBSD | | | | | 364 | | 10.4 | | | OpenBSD 6.2 DragonFly 5.0.1 365 | | | | | | | 366 | | | | NetBSD 7.1.1 | DragonFly 5.0.2 367 | | | | | | | 368 | | | | NetBSD 7.1.2 | | 369 | | | | | | | 370 | | | | | OpenBSD 6.3 | 371 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.0 372 | | | | | | | 373 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.1 374 | | | | | | | 375 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.2 376 | FreeBSD | | NetBSD 8.0 | | 377 | 11.2 | | | | | 378 | v | | | | | 379 | | | v | | 380FreeBSD 12 -current | NetBSD -current OpenBSD -current DragonFly -current 381 | | | | | 382 v v v v v 383 384Time 385---------------- 386 387Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it 388was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape. 389 390[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, 391 and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of 392 the 4.4BSD Operating System. 393[APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/] 394[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc. 395[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The. 396[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape. 397[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The. 398[KB] Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources, 399 Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987. 400[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement. 401 comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988. 402[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz. 403 Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software 404 Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983. 405[NBD] NetBSD Project, The. 406[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The. 407[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. 408[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11. 409[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society. http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/. 410[USE] Usenet announcement. 411[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc. 412[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail 413 414Multics 1965 415UNIX Summer 1969 416 DEC PDP-7 417First Edition 1971-11-03 [QCU] 418 DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler 419Second Edition 1972-06-12 [QCU] 420 10 UNIX installations 421Third Edition 1973-02-xx [QCU] 422 Pipes, 16 installations 423Fourth Edition 1973-11-xx [QCU] 424 rewriting in C effected, 425 above 30 installations 426Fifth Edition 1974-06-xx [QCU] 427 above 50 installations 428Sixth Edition 1975-05-xx [QCU] 429 port to DEC Vax 430Seventh Edition 1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS] 431 first portable UNIX 432Eighth Edition 1985-02-xx [QCU] 433 VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr] 434 descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr] 435 descended from 4.1 BSD [44B] 436 scooping-out and replacement of the character-device 437 and networking part by the streams mechanism 438 439Ninth Edition 1986-09-xx [QCU] 440Tenth Edition 1989-10-xx [QCU] 441 4421BSD late 1977 443 1978-03-09 [QCU] 444 PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1) 445 30 free copies of 1BSD sent out 446 35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU] 4472BSD mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS] 448 75 2BSD tapes shipped 4492.79BSD 1980-04-xx [TUHS] 4502.8BSD 1981-07-xx [KSJ] 451 4522.8.1BSD 1982-01-xx [QCU] 453 set of performance improvements 4542.9BSD 1983-07-xx [KSJ] 4552.9.1BSD 1983-11-xx [TUHS] 4562.9BSD-Seismo 1985-08-xx [SMS] 4572.10BSD 1987-04-xx [KKK] 4582.10.1BSD 1989-01-xx [SMS] 4592.11BSD 1992-02-xx [SMS] 4602.11BSD rev #430 1999-12-13 [SMS] 461 46232V 1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS] 4633BSD late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS] 464 virtual memory, page replacement, 465 demand paging 4664.0BSD 1980-10-xx 4674.1BSD 1981-07-08 [DOC] 4684.1aBSD 1982-04-xx 469 alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B] 4704.1bBSD internal release, fast filesystem [44B] 4714.1cBSD late 1982 472 beta release, IPC [44B] 4734.2BSD 1983-09-xx [QCU] 474 1983-08-03 [DOC] 4754.3BSD 1986-06-xx [QCU] 476 1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC] 4774.3BSD Tahoe 1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC] 4784.3BSD NET/1 1988-11-xx [QCU] 479 1989-01-01 [DOC] 4804.3BSD Reno 1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC] 4814.3BSD NET/2 1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC] 482 483BSD/386 ALPHA 1991-12-xx [BSDI] 484 first code released to people outside BSDI 485386BSD 0.0 1992-02-xx [DOC] 486BSD/386 0.3.1 1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers 487BSD/386 0.3.3 1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version 488386BSD 0.1 1992-07-28 [DOC] 4894.4BSD Alpha 1992-07-07 490BSD/386 0.9.3 1992-10-xx [BSDI] 491 first external gamma; G customers 492BSD/386 0.9.4 1992-12-xx [BSDI] 493 would have been 1.0 except for request 494 for preliminary injunction 495BSD/386 1.0 1993-03-xx [BSDI] 496 injunction denied; first official release 497NetBSD 0.8 1993-04-20 [NBD] 4984.4BSD 1993-06-01 [USE] 499NetBSD 0.9 1993-08-23 [NBD] 500FreeBSD 1.0 1993-11-01 [FBD] 501FreeBSD 1.0.2 1993-11-14 [FBD] 502 supersedes 1.0 13 days after release. 503BSD/386 1.1 1994-02-xx [BSDI] 5044.4BSD Lite 1994-03-01 [USE] 505FreeBSD 1.1 1994-05-07 [FBD] 506FreeBSD 1.1.5 1994-06-30 [FBD] 507FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 1994-07-05 [FBD] 508 supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release. 509NetBSD 1.0 1994-10-26 [NBD] 510386BSD 1.0 1994-11-12 [USE] 511FreeBSD 2.0 1994-11-23 [FBD] 512BSD/OS 2.0 1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based 513FreeBSD 2.0.5 1995-06-10 [FBD] 514BSD/OS 2.0.1 1995-06-xx [BSDI] 5154.4BSD Lite Release 2 1995-06-xx [44B] 516 the true final distribution from the CSRG 517FreeBSD 2.1.0 1995-11-19 [FBD] 518NetBSD 1.1 1995-11-26 [NBD] 519BSD/OS 2.1 1996-01-xx [BSDI] 520FreeBSD 2.1.5 1996-07-14 [FBD] 521NetBSD 1.2 1996-10-04 [NBD] 522OpenBSD 2.0 1996-10-18 [OBD] 523FreeBSD 2.1.6 1996-11-16 [FBD] 524FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release) 525Rhapsody 1997-xx-xx 526FreeBSD 2.1.7 1997-02-20 [FBD] 527BSD/OS 3.0 1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based 528FreeBSD 2.2.0 1997-03-16 [FBD] 529FreeBSD 2.2.1 1997-03-25 [FBD] 530FreeBSD 2.2.2 1997-05-16 [FBD] 531NetBSD 1.2.1 1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release) 532OpenBSD 2.1 1997-06-01 [OBD] 533FreeBSD 2.2.5 1997-10-22 [FBD] 534OpenBSD 2.2 1997-12-01 [OBD] 535NetBSD 1.3 1998-01-04 [NBD] 536FreeBSD 2.2.6 1998-03-25 [FBD] 537NetBSD 1.3.1 1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release) 538BSD/OS 3.1 1998-03-xx [BSDI] 539OpenBSD 2.3 1998-05-19 [OBD] 540NetBSD 1.3.2 1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release) 541FreeBSD 2.2.7 1998-07-22 [FBD] 542BSD/OS 4.0 1998-08-xx [BSDI] 543 2-lock MP support, ELF executables 544FreeBSD 3.0 1998-10-16 [FBD] 545 FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current, 546 while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which 547 was branched quite some time after 3.0-release 548FreeBSD 2.2.8 1998-11-29 [FBD] 549OpenBSD 2.4 1998-12-01 [OBD] 550NetBSD 1.3.3 1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release) 551FreeBSD 3.1 1999-02-15 [FBD] 552BSD/OS 4.0.1 1999-03-xx [BSDI] 553NetBSD 1.4 1999-05-12 [NBD] 554FreeBSD 3.2 1999-05-17 [FBD] 555OpenBSD 2.5 1999-05-19 [OBD] 556NetBSD 1.4.1 1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release) 557FreeBSD 3.3 1999-09-17 [FBD] 558OpenBSD 2.6 1999-12-01 [OBD] 559FreeBSD 3.4 1999-12-20 [FBD] 560BSD/OS 4.1 1999-12-xx [BSDI] 561FreeBSD 4.0 2000-03-13 [FBD] 562NetBSD 1.4.2 2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release) 563OpenBSD 2.7 2000-06-15 [OBD] 564FreeBSD 3.5 2000-06-24 [FBD] 565FreeBSD 4.1 2000-07-27 [FBD] 566FreeBSD 3.5.1 2000-07-28 [FBD] 567FreeBSD 4.1.1 2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release) 568FreeBSD 4.2 2000-11-21 [FBD] 569NetBSD 1.4.3 2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release) 570BSD/OS 4.2 2000-11-29 [BSDI] 571OpenBSD 2.8 2000-12-01 [OBD] 572NetBSD 1.5 2000-12-06 [NBD] 573Mac OS X 10.0 2001-03-24 [APL] 574FreeBSD 4.3 2001-04-20 [FBD] 575OpenBSD 2.9 2001-06-01 [OBD] 576NetBSD 1.5.1 2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release) 577NetBSD 1.5.2 2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release) 578FreeBSD 4.4 2001-09-18 [FBD] 579Mac OS X 10.1 2001-09-29 [APL] 580OpenBSD 3.0 2001-12-01 [OBD] 581FreeBSD 4.5 2002-01-29 [FBD] 582BSD/OS 4.3 2002-03-14 [WRS] 583OpenBSD 3.1 2002-05-19 [OBD] 584FreeBSD 4.6 2002-06-15 [FBD] 585NetBSD 1.5.3 2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release) 586FreeBSD 4.6.2 2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release) 587Mac OS X 10.2 2002-08-23 [APL] 588NetBSD 1.6 2002-09-14 [NBD] 589FreeBSD 4.7 2002-10-08 [FBD] 590OpenBSD 3.2 2002-11-01 [OBD] 591FreeBSD 5.0 2003-01-17 [FBD] 592 FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of 593 -current, similar to 3.0. 594FreeBSD 4.8 2003-04-03 [FBD] 595NetBSD 1.6.1 2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release) 596OpenBSD 3.3 2003-05-01 [OBD] 597BSD/OS 5.0 2003-05-?? [WRS] 598FreeBSD 5.1 2003-06-09 [FBD] 599Mac OS X 10.3 2003-10-24 [APL] 600FreeBSD 4.9 2003-10-28 [FBD] 601BSD/OS 5.1 ISE 2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version) 602OpenBSD 3.4 2003-11-01 [OBD] 603FreeBSD 5.2 2004-01-12 [FBD] 604FreeBSD 5.2.1 2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release) 605NetBSD 1.6.2 2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release) 606OpenBSD 3.5 2004-04-01 [OBD] 607FreeBSD 4.10 2004-05-27 [FBD] 608DragonFly 1.0 2004-07-12 [DFB] 609OpenBSD 3.6 2004-10-29 [OBD] 610FreeBSD 5.3 2004-11-06 [FBD] 611NetBSD 2.0 2004-12-09 [NBD] 612FreeBSD 4.11 2005-01-25 [FBD] 613DragonFly 1.2.0 2005-04-08 [DFB] 614NetBSD 2.0.2 2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release) 615Mac OS X 10.4 2005-04-29 [APL] 616FreeBSD 5.4 2005-05-09 [FBD] 617OpenBSD 3.7 2005-05-19 [OBD] 618NetBSD 2.0.3 2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release) 619OpenBSD 3.8 2005-11-01 [OBD] 620FreeBSD 6.0 2005-11-01 [FBD] 621NetBSD 2.1 2005-11-02 [NBD] 622NetBSD 3.0 2005-12-23 [NBD] 623DragonFly 1.4.0 2006-01-08 [DFB] 624FreeBSD 2.2.9 2006-04-01 [FBD] 625OpenBSD 3.9 2006-05-01 [OBD] 626FreeBSD 6.1 2006-05-08 [FBD] 627FreeBSD 5.5 2006-05-25 [FBD] 628NetBSD 3.0.1 2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release) 629DragonFly 1.6.0 2006-07-24 [DFB] 630OpenBSD 4.0 2006-11-01 [OBD] 631NetBSD 3.0.2 2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release) 632NetBSD 3.1 2006-11-04 [NBD] 633FreeBSD 6.2 2007-01-15 [FBD] 634DragonFly 1.8.0 2007-01-30 [DFB] 635OpenBSD 4.1 2007-05-01 [OBD] 636DragonFly 1.10.0 2007-08-06 [DFB] 637Mac OS X 10.5 2007-10-26 [APL] 638OpenBSD 4.2 2007-11-01 [OBD] 639NetBSD 4.0 2007-12-19 [NBD] 640FreeBSD 6.3 2008-01-18 [FBD] 641DragonFly 1.12.0 2008-02-26 [DFB] 642FreeBSD 7.0 2008-02-27 [FBD] 643OpenBSD 4.3 2008-05-01 [OBD] 644DragonFly 2.0.0 2008-07-21 [DFB] 645OpenBSD 4.4 2008-11-01 [OBD] 646FreeBSD 6.4 2008-11-28 [FBD] 647FreeBSD 7.1 2009-01-04 [FBD] 648DragonFly 2.2.0 2009-02-17 [DFB] 649NetBSD 5.0 2009-04-29 [NBD] 650OpenBSD 4.5 2009-05-01 [OBD] 651FreeBSD 7.2 2009-05-04 [FBD] 652Mac OS X 10.6 2009-06-08 [APL] 653NetBSD 5.0.1 2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release) 654DragonFly 2.4.0 2009-09-16 [DFB] 655OpenBSD 4.6 2009-10-18 [OBD] 656FreeBSD 8.0 2009-11-26 [FBD] 657NetBSD 5.0.2 2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release) 658FreeBSD 7.3 2010-03-23 [FBD] 659DragonFly 2.6.0 2010-03-28 [DFB] 660OpenBSD 4.7 2010-05-19 [OBD] 661FreeBSD 8.1 2010-07-24 [FBD] 662DragonFly 2.8.2 2010-10-30 [DFB] 663OpenBSD 4.8 2010-11-01 [OBD] 664NetBSD 5.1 2010-11-19 [NBD] 665FreeBSD 7.4 2011-02-24 [FBD] 666FreeBSD 8.2 2011-02-24 [FBD] 667DragonFly 2.10.1 2011-04-26 [DFB] 668OpenBSD 4.9 2011-05-01 [OBD] 669Mac OS X 10.7 2011-07-20 [APL] 670OpenBSD 5.0 2011-11-01 [OBD] 671FreeBSD 9.0 2012-01-12 [FBD] 672NetBSD 5.1.2 2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release) 673DragonFly 3.0.1 2012-02-21 [DFB] 674FreeBSD 8.3 2012-04-18 [FBD] 675OpenBSD 5.1 2012-05-01 [OBD] 676Mac OS X 10.8 2012-07-25 [APL] 677NetBSD 6.0 2012-10-17 [NBD] 678OpenBSD 5.2 2012-11-01 [OBD] 679DragonFly 3.2.1 2012-11-02 [DFB] 680NetBSD 5.2 2012-12-03 [NBD] 681NetBSD 6.0.1 2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release) 682FreeBSD 9.1 2012-12-30 [FBD] 683DragonFly 3.4.1 2013-04-29 [DFB] 684OpenBSD 5.3 2013-05-01 [OBD] 685NetBSD 6.0.2 2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release) 686NetBSD 6.1 2013-05-18 [NBD] 687FreeBSD 8.4 2013-06-07 [FBD] 688NetBSD 6.1.1 2013-08-22 [NBD] 689NetBSD 5.1.3 2013-09-29 [NBD] 690NetBSD 5.2.1 2013-09-29 [NBD] 691FreeBSD 9.2 2013-09-30 [FBD] 692NetBSD 6.0.3 2013-09-30 [NBD] 693NetBSD 6.1.2 2013-09-30 [NBD] 694Mac OS X 10.9 2013-10-22 [APL] 695OpenBSD 5.4 2013-11-01 [OBD] 696DragonFly 3.6.0 2013-11-25 [DFB] 697FreeBSD 10.0 2014-01-20 [FBD] 698NetBSD 5.1.4 2014-01-25 [NBD] 699NetBSD 5.2.2 2014-01-25 [NBD] 700NetBSD 6.0.4 2014-01-25 [NBD] 701NetBSD 6.1.3 2014-01-25 [NBD] 702DragonFly 3.6.1 2014-02-22 [DFB] 703DragonFly 3.6.2 2014-04-10 [DFB] 704NetBSD 6.0.5 2014-04-12 [NBD] 705NetBSD 6.1.4 2014-04-12 [NBD] 706OpenBSD 5.5 2014-05-01 [OBD] 707DragonFly 3.8.0 2014-06-04 [DFB] 708DragonFly 3.8.1 2014-06-16 [DFB] 709DragonFly 3.6.3 2014-06-17 [DFB] 710FreeBSD 9.3 2014-07-05 [FBD] 711DragonFly 3.8.2 2014-08-08 [DFB] 712NetBSD 6.0.6 2014-09-22 [NBD] 713NetBSD 6.1.5 2014-09-22 [NBD] 714Mac OS X 10.10 2014-10-16 [APL] 715OpenBSD 5.6 2014-11-01 [OBD] 716FreeBSD 10.1 2014-11-14 [FBD] 717DragonFly 4.0.1 2014-11-25 [DFB] 718DragonFly 4.0.2 2015-01-07 [DFB] 719DragonFly 4.0.3 2015-01-21 [DFB] 720DragonFly 4.0.4 2015-03-09 [DFB] 721DragonFly 4.0.5 2015-03-23 [DFB] 722OpenBSD 5.7 2015-05-01 [OBD] 723DragonFly 4.2.0 2015-06-29 [DFB] 724FreeBSD 10.2 2015-08-13 [FBD] 725NetBSD 7.0 2015-09-25 [NBD] 726OS X 10.11 2015-09-30 [APL] 727OpenBSD 5.8 2015-10-18 [OBD] 728DragonFly 4.4.1 2015-12-07 [DFB] 729OpenBSD 5.9 2016-03-29 [OBD] 730FreeBSD 10.3 2016-04-04 [FBD] 731NetBSD 7.0.1 2016-05-22 [NBD] 732DragonFly 4.6.0 2016-08-02 [DFB] 733OpenBSD 6.0 2016-09-01 [OBD] 734macOS 10.12 2016-09-20 [APL] 735FreeBSD 11.0 2016-10-10 [FBD] 736NetBSD 7.0.2 2016-10-21 [NBD] 737NetBSD 7.1 2017-03-11 [NBD] 738DragonFly 4.8.0 2017-03-27 [DFB] 739OpenBSD 6.1 2017-04-11 [OBD] 740FreeBSD 11.1 2017-07-26 [FBD] 741macOS 10.13 2017-09-25 [APL] 742FreeBSD 10.4 2017-10-03 [FBD] 743OpenBSD 6.2 2017-10-09 [OBD] 744DragonFly 5.0.0 2017-10-16 [DFB] 745DragonFly 5.0.1 2017-11-06 [DFB] 746DragonFly 5.0.2 2017-12-04 [DFB] 747NetBSD 7.1.1 2017-12-22 [NBD] 748NetBSD 7.1.2 2018-03-15 [NBD] 749OpenBSD 6.3 2018-04-02 [OBD] 750DragonFly 5.2.0 2018-04-10 [DFB] 751DragonFly 5.2.1 2018-05-20 [DFB] 752DragonFly 5.2.2 2018-06-18 [DFB] 753FreeBSD 11.2 2018-06-27 [FBD] 754NetBSD 8.0 2018-07-17 [NBD] 755 756Bibliography 757------------------------ 758 759Leffler, Samuel J., Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J Karels and John 760Quarterman. 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