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 | | | NetBSD | | DragonFly 5.2.0 372 | | | 8.0 | | | 373 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.1 374 | | | | | | | 375 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.2 376 | FreeBSD | | NetBSD 7.2 | | 377 | 11.2 macOS | | | | 378 | 10.14 | | OpenBSD 6.4 | 379 | | | | | DragonFly 5.4.0 380 *--FreeBSD | | v | | 381 | 12.0 | | | DragonFly 5.4.1 382 | | | | | 383FreeBSD 13 -current | NetBSD -current OpenBSD -current DragonFly -current 384 | | | | | 385 v v v v v 386 387Time 388---------------- 389 390Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it 391was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape. 392 393[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, 394 and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of 395 the 4.4BSD Operating System. 396[APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/] 397[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc. 398[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The. 399[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape. 400[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The. 401[KB] Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources, 402 Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987. 403[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement. 404 comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988. 405[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz. 406 Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software 407 Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983. 408[NBD] NetBSD Project, The. 409[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The. 410[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. 411[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11. 412[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society. http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/. 413[USE] Usenet announcement. 414[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc. 415[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail 416 417Multics 1965 418UNIX Summer 1969 419 DEC PDP-7 420First Edition 1971-11-03 [QCU] 421 DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler 422Second Edition 1972-06-12 [QCU] 423 10 UNIX installations 424Third Edition 1973-02-xx [QCU] 425 Pipes, 16 installations 426Fourth Edition 1973-11-xx [QCU] 427 rewriting in C effected, 428 above 30 installations 429Fifth Edition 1974-06-xx [QCU] 430 above 50 installations 431Sixth Edition 1975-05-xx [QCU] 432 port to DEC Vax 433Seventh Edition 1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS] 434 first portable UNIX 435Eighth Edition 1985-02-xx [QCU] 436 VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr] 437 descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr] 438 descended from 4.1 BSD [44B] 439 scooping-out and replacement of the character-device 440 and networking part by the streams mechanism 441 442Ninth Edition 1986-09-xx [QCU] 443Tenth Edition 1989-10-xx [QCU] 444 4451BSD late 1977 446 1978-03-09 [QCU] 447 PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1) 448 30 free copies of 1BSD sent out 449 35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU] 4502BSD mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS] 451 75 2BSD tapes shipped 4522.79BSD 1980-04-xx [TUHS] 4532.8BSD 1981-07-xx [KSJ] 454 4552.8.1BSD 1982-01-xx [QCU] 456 set of performance improvements 4572.9BSD 1983-07-xx [KSJ] 4582.9.1BSD 1983-11-xx [TUHS] 4592.9BSD-Seismo 1985-08-xx [SMS] 4602.10BSD 1987-04-xx [KKK] 4612.10.1BSD 1989-01-xx [SMS] 4622.11BSD 1992-02-xx [SMS] 4632.11BSD rev #430 1999-12-13 [SMS] 464 46532V 1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS] 4663BSD late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS] 467 virtual memory, page replacement, 468 demand paging 4694.0BSD 1980-10-xx 4704.1BSD 1981-07-08 [DOC] 4714.1aBSD 1982-04-xx 472 alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B] 4734.1bBSD internal release, fast filesystem [44B] 4744.1cBSD late 1982 475 beta release, IPC [44B] 4764.2BSD 1983-09-xx [QCU] 477 1983-08-03 [DOC] 4784.3BSD 1986-06-xx [QCU] 479 1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC] 4804.3BSD Tahoe 1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC] 4814.3BSD NET/1 1988-11-xx [QCU] 482 1989-01-01 [DOC] 4834.3BSD Reno 1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC] 4844.3BSD NET/2 1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC] 485 486BSD/386 ALPHA 1991-12-xx [BSDI] 487 first code released to people outside BSDI 488386BSD 0.0 1992-02-xx [DOC] 489BSD/386 0.3.1 1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers 490BSD/386 0.3.3 1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version 491386BSD 0.1 1992-07-28 [DOC] 4924.4BSD Alpha 1992-07-07 493BSD/386 0.9.3 1992-10-xx [BSDI] 494 first external gamma; G customers 495BSD/386 0.9.4 1992-12-xx [BSDI] 496 would have been 1.0 except for request 497 for preliminary injunction 498BSD/386 1.0 1993-03-xx [BSDI] 499 injunction denied; first official release 500NetBSD 0.8 1993-04-20 [NBD] 5014.4BSD 1993-06-01 [USE] 502NetBSD 0.9 1993-08-23 [NBD] 503FreeBSD 1.0 1993-11-01 [FBD] 504FreeBSD 1.0.2 1993-11-14 [FBD] 505 supersedes 1.0 13 days after release. 506BSD/386 1.1 1994-02-xx [BSDI] 5074.4BSD Lite 1994-03-01 [USE] 508FreeBSD 1.1 1994-05-07 [FBD] 509FreeBSD 1.1.5 1994-06-30 [FBD] 510FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 1994-07-05 [FBD] 511 supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release. 512NetBSD 1.0 1994-10-26 [NBD] 513386BSD 1.0 1994-11-12 [USE] 514FreeBSD 2.0 1994-11-23 [FBD] 515BSD/OS 2.0 1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based 516FreeBSD 2.0.5 1995-06-10 [FBD] 517BSD/OS 2.0.1 1995-06-xx [BSDI] 5184.4BSD Lite Release 2 1995-06-xx [44B] 519 the true final distribution from the CSRG 520FreeBSD 2.1.0 1995-11-19 [FBD] 521NetBSD 1.1 1995-11-26 [NBD] 522BSD/OS 2.1 1996-01-xx [BSDI] 523FreeBSD 2.1.5 1996-07-14 [FBD] 524NetBSD 1.2 1996-10-04 [NBD] 525OpenBSD 2.0 1996-10-18 [OBD] 526FreeBSD 2.1.6 1996-11-16 [FBD] 527FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release) 528Rhapsody 1997-xx-xx 529FreeBSD 2.1.7 1997-02-20 [FBD] 530BSD/OS 3.0 1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based 531FreeBSD 2.2.0 1997-03-16 [FBD] 532FreeBSD 2.2.1 1997-03-25 [FBD] 533FreeBSD 2.2.2 1997-05-16 [FBD] 534NetBSD 1.2.1 1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release) 535OpenBSD 2.1 1997-06-01 [OBD] 536FreeBSD 2.2.5 1997-10-22 [FBD] 537OpenBSD 2.2 1997-12-01 [OBD] 538NetBSD 1.3 1998-01-04 [NBD] 539FreeBSD 2.2.6 1998-03-25 [FBD] 540NetBSD 1.3.1 1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release) 541BSD/OS 3.1 1998-03-xx [BSDI] 542OpenBSD 2.3 1998-05-19 [OBD] 543NetBSD 1.3.2 1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release) 544FreeBSD 2.2.7 1998-07-22 [FBD] 545BSD/OS 4.0 1998-08-xx [BSDI] 546 2-lock MP support, ELF executables 547FreeBSD 3.0 1998-10-16 [FBD] 548 FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current, 549 while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which 550 was branched quite some time after 3.0-release 551FreeBSD 2.2.8 1998-11-29 [FBD] 552OpenBSD 2.4 1998-12-01 [OBD] 553NetBSD 1.3.3 1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release) 554FreeBSD 3.1 1999-02-15 [FBD] 555BSD/OS 4.0.1 1999-03-xx [BSDI] 556NetBSD 1.4 1999-05-12 [NBD] 557FreeBSD 3.2 1999-05-17 [FBD] 558OpenBSD 2.5 1999-05-19 [OBD] 559NetBSD 1.4.1 1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release) 560FreeBSD 3.3 1999-09-17 [FBD] 561OpenBSD 2.6 1999-12-01 [OBD] 562FreeBSD 3.4 1999-12-20 [FBD] 563BSD/OS 4.1 1999-12-xx [BSDI] 564FreeBSD 4.0 2000-03-13 [FBD] 565NetBSD 1.4.2 2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release) 566OpenBSD 2.7 2000-06-15 [OBD] 567FreeBSD 3.5 2000-06-24 [FBD] 568FreeBSD 4.1 2000-07-27 [FBD] 569FreeBSD 3.5.1 2000-07-28 [FBD] 570FreeBSD 4.1.1 2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release) 571FreeBSD 4.2 2000-11-21 [FBD] 572NetBSD 1.4.3 2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release) 573BSD/OS 4.2 2000-11-29 [BSDI] 574OpenBSD 2.8 2000-12-01 [OBD] 575NetBSD 1.5 2000-12-06 [NBD] 576Mac OS X 10.0 2001-03-24 [APL] 577FreeBSD 4.3 2001-04-20 [FBD] 578OpenBSD 2.9 2001-06-01 [OBD] 579NetBSD 1.5.1 2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release) 580NetBSD 1.5.2 2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release) 581FreeBSD 4.4 2001-09-18 [FBD] 582Mac OS X 10.1 2001-09-29 [APL] 583OpenBSD 3.0 2001-12-01 [OBD] 584FreeBSD 4.5 2002-01-29 [FBD] 585BSD/OS 4.3 2002-03-14 [WRS] 586OpenBSD 3.1 2002-05-19 [OBD] 587FreeBSD 4.6 2002-06-15 [FBD] 588NetBSD 1.5.3 2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release) 589FreeBSD 4.6.2 2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release) 590Mac OS X 10.2 2002-08-23 [APL] 591NetBSD 1.6 2002-09-14 [NBD] 592FreeBSD 4.7 2002-10-08 [FBD] 593OpenBSD 3.2 2002-11-01 [OBD] 594FreeBSD 5.0 2003-01-17 [FBD] 595 FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of 596 -current, similar to 3.0. 597FreeBSD 4.8 2003-04-03 [FBD] 598NetBSD 1.6.1 2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release) 599OpenBSD 3.3 2003-05-01 [OBD] 600BSD/OS 5.0 2003-05-?? [WRS] 601FreeBSD 5.1 2003-06-09 [FBD] 602Mac OS X 10.3 2003-10-24 [APL] 603FreeBSD 4.9 2003-10-28 [FBD] 604BSD/OS 5.1 ISE 2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version) 605OpenBSD 3.4 2003-11-01 [OBD] 606FreeBSD 5.2 2004-01-12 [FBD] 607FreeBSD 5.2.1 2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release) 608NetBSD 1.6.2 2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release) 609OpenBSD 3.5 2004-04-01 [OBD] 610FreeBSD 4.10 2004-05-27 [FBD] 611DragonFly 1.0 2004-07-12 [DFB] 612OpenBSD 3.6 2004-10-29 [OBD] 613FreeBSD 5.3 2004-11-06 [FBD] 614NetBSD 2.0 2004-12-09 [NBD] 615FreeBSD 4.11 2005-01-25 [FBD] 616DragonFly 1.2.0 2005-04-08 [DFB] 617NetBSD 2.0.2 2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release) 618Mac OS X 10.4 2005-04-29 [APL] 619FreeBSD 5.4 2005-05-09 [FBD] 620OpenBSD 3.7 2005-05-19 [OBD] 621NetBSD 2.0.3 2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release) 622OpenBSD 3.8 2005-11-01 [OBD] 623FreeBSD 6.0 2005-11-01 [FBD] 624NetBSD 2.1 2005-11-02 [NBD] 625NetBSD 3.0 2005-12-23 [NBD] 626DragonFly 1.4.0 2006-01-08 [DFB] 627FreeBSD 2.2.9 2006-04-01 [FBD] 628OpenBSD 3.9 2006-05-01 [OBD] 629FreeBSD 6.1 2006-05-08 [FBD] 630FreeBSD 5.5 2006-05-25 [FBD] 631NetBSD 3.0.1 2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release) 632DragonFly 1.6.0 2006-07-24 [DFB] 633OpenBSD 4.0 2006-11-01 [OBD] 634NetBSD 3.0.2 2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release) 635NetBSD 3.1 2006-11-04 [NBD] 636FreeBSD 6.2 2007-01-15 [FBD] 637DragonFly 1.8.0 2007-01-30 [DFB] 638OpenBSD 4.1 2007-05-01 [OBD] 639DragonFly 1.10.0 2007-08-06 [DFB] 640Mac OS X 10.5 2007-10-26 [APL] 641OpenBSD 4.2 2007-11-01 [OBD] 642NetBSD 4.0 2007-12-19 [NBD] 643FreeBSD 6.3 2008-01-18 [FBD] 644DragonFly 1.12.0 2008-02-26 [DFB] 645FreeBSD 7.0 2008-02-27 [FBD] 646OpenBSD 4.3 2008-05-01 [OBD] 647DragonFly 2.0.0 2008-07-21 [DFB] 648OpenBSD 4.4 2008-11-01 [OBD] 649FreeBSD 6.4 2008-11-28 [FBD] 650FreeBSD 7.1 2009-01-04 [FBD] 651DragonFly 2.2.0 2009-02-17 [DFB] 652NetBSD 5.0 2009-04-29 [NBD] 653OpenBSD 4.5 2009-05-01 [OBD] 654FreeBSD 7.2 2009-05-04 [FBD] 655Mac OS X 10.6 2009-06-08 [APL] 656NetBSD 5.0.1 2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release) 657DragonFly 2.4.0 2009-09-16 [DFB] 658OpenBSD 4.6 2009-10-18 [OBD] 659FreeBSD 8.0 2009-11-26 [FBD] 660NetBSD 5.0.2 2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release) 661FreeBSD 7.3 2010-03-23 [FBD] 662DragonFly 2.6.0 2010-03-28 [DFB] 663OpenBSD 4.7 2010-05-19 [OBD] 664FreeBSD 8.1 2010-07-24 [FBD] 665DragonFly 2.8.2 2010-10-30 [DFB] 666OpenBSD 4.8 2010-11-01 [OBD] 667NetBSD 5.1 2010-11-19 [NBD] 668FreeBSD 7.4 2011-02-24 [FBD] 669FreeBSD 8.2 2011-02-24 [FBD] 670DragonFly 2.10.1 2011-04-26 [DFB] 671OpenBSD 4.9 2011-05-01 [OBD] 672Mac OS X 10.7 2011-07-20 [APL] 673OpenBSD 5.0 2011-11-01 [OBD] 674FreeBSD 9.0 2012-01-12 [FBD] 675NetBSD 5.1.2 2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release) 676DragonFly 3.0.1 2012-02-21 [DFB] 677FreeBSD 8.3 2012-04-18 [FBD] 678OpenBSD 5.1 2012-05-01 [OBD] 679Mac OS X 10.8 2012-07-25 [APL] 680NetBSD 6.0 2012-10-17 [NBD] 681OpenBSD 5.2 2012-11-01 [OBD] 682DragonFly 3.2.1 2012-11-02 [DFB] 683NetBSD 5.2 2012-12-03 [NBD] 684NetBSD 6.0.1 2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release) 685FreeBSD 9.1 2012-12-30 [FBD] 686DragonFly 3.4.1 2013-04-29 [DFB] 687OpenBSD 5.3 2013-05-01 [OBD] 688NetBSD 6.0.2 2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release) 689NetBSD 6.1 2013-05-18 [NBD] 690FreeBSD 8.4 2013-06-07 [FBD] 691NetBSD 6.1.1 2013-08-22 [NBD] 692NetBSD 5.1.3 2013-09-29 [NBD] 693NetBSD 5.2.1 2013-09-29 [NBD] 694FreeBSD 9.2 2013-09-30 [FBD] 695NetBSD 6.0.3 2013-09-30 [NBD] 696NetBSD 6.1.2 2013-09-30 [NBD] 697Mac OS X 10.9 2013-10-22 [APL] 698OpenBSD 5.4 2013-11-01 [OBD] 699DragonFly 3.6.0 2013-11-25 [DFB] 700FreeBSD 10.0 2014-01-20 [FBD] 701NetBSD 5.1.4 2014-01-25 [NBD] 702NetBSD 5.2.2 2014-01-25 [NBD] 703NetBSD 6.0.4 2014-01-25 [NBD] 704NetBSD 6.1.3 2014-01-25 [NBD] 705DragonFly 3.6.1 2014-02-22 [DFB] 706DragonFly 3.6.2 2014-04-10 [DFB] 707NetBSD 6.0.5 2014-04-12 [NBD] 708NetBSD 6.1.4 2014-04-12 [NBD] 709OpenBSD 5.5 2014-05-01 [OBD] 710DragonFly 3.8.0 2014-06-04 [DFB] 711DragonFly 3.8.1 2014-06-16 [DFB] 712DragonFly 3.6.3 2014-06-17 [DFB] 713FreeBSD 9.3 2014-07-05 [FBD] 714DragonFly 3.8.2 2014-08-08 [DFB] 715NetBSD 6.0.6 2014-09-22 [NBD] 716NetBSD 6.1.5 2014-09-22 [NBD] 717Mac OS X 10.10 2014-10-16 [APL] 718OpenBSD 5.6 2014-11-01 [OBD] 719FreeBSD 10.1 2014-11-14 [FBD] 720DragonFly 4.0.1 2014-11-25 [DFB] 721DragonFly 4.0.2 2015-01-07 [DFB] 722DragonFly 4.0.3 2015-01-21 [DFB] 723DragonFly 4.0.4 2015-03-09 [DFB] 724DragonFly 4.0.5 2015-03-23 [DFB] 725OpenBSD 5.7 2015-05-01 [OBD] 726DragonFly 4.2.0 2015-06-29 [DFB] 727FreeBSD 10.2 2015-08-13 [FBD] 728NetBSD 7.0 2015-09-25 [NBD] 729OS X 10.11 2015-09-30 [APL] 730OpenBSD 5.8 2015-10-18 [OBD] 731DragonFly 4.4.1 2015-12-07 [DFB] 732OpenBSD 5.9 2016-03-29 [OBD] 733FreeBSD 10.3 2016-04-04 [FBD] 734NetBSD 7.0.1 2016-05-22 [NBD] 735DragonFly 4.6.0 2016-08-02 [DFB] 736OpenBSD 6.0 2016-09-01 [OBD] 737macOS 10.12 2016-09-20 [APL] 738FreeBSD 11.0 2016-10-10 [FBD] 739NetBSD 7.0.2 2016-10-21 [NBD] 740NetBSD 7.1 2017-03-11 [NBD] 741DragonFly 4.8.0 2017-03-27 [DFB] 742OpenBSD 6.1 2017-04-11 [OBD] 743FreeBSD 11.1 2017-07-26 [FBD] 744macOS 10.13 2017-09-25 [APL] 745FreeBSD 10.4 2017-10-03 [FBD] 746OpenBSD 6.2 2017-10-09 [OBD] 747DragonFly 5.0.0 2017-10-16 [DFB] 748DragonFly 5.0.1 2017-11-06 [DFB] 749DragonFly 5.0.2 2017-12-04 [DFB] 750NetBSD 7.1.1 2017-12-22 [NBD] 751NetBSD 7.1.2 2018-03-15 [NBD] 752OpenBSD 6.3 2018-04-02 [OBD] 753DragonFly 5.2.0 2018-04-10 [DFB] 754DragonFly 5.2.1 2018-05-20 [DFB] 755DragonFly 5.2.2 2018-06-18 [DFB] 756FreeBSD 11.2 2018-06-27 [FBD] 757NetBSD 8.0 2018-07-17 [NBD] 758NetBSD 7.2 2018-08-29 [NBD] 759macOS 10.14 2018-09-24 [APL] 760OpenBSD 6.4 2018-10-18 [OBD] 761DragonFly 5.4.0 2018-12-03 [DFB] 762FreeBSD 12.0 2018-12-11 [FBD] 763DragonFly 5.4.1 2018-12-24 [DFB] 764 765Bibliography 766------------------------ 767 768Leffler, Samuel J., Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J Karels and John 769Quarterman. 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