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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 |     |              |     |      v           |               DragonFly 5.2.2
376 |  FreeBSD           |     |                  |                       |
377 |   11.2             |     |                  |                       |
378 |     v              |     |                  |                       |
379 |                    |     |                  |                       |
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]
754
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794
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797
798UNIX history
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804
805
806Acknowledgments
807---------------
808
809Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
810original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
811
812Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
813
814--
815Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
816URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
817
818$FreeBSD$
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