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 OpenBSD 4.5 | 233 | \ | | 5.0 | | 234 | \ | | / | \ | | 235 | | Mac OS X | | | \ | | 236 | | 10.6 | | | \ | | 237 | | | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 2.4.0 238 | | | | | | 5.0.1 OpenBSD 4.6 | 239 | | | | | | | | | 240 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | | | 241 | 8.0 | | | | | | | | 242 | | FreeBSD | | | | NetBSD | | 243 | | 7.3 | | | | 5.0.2 | DragonFly 2.6.0 244 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.7 | 245 | FreeBSD | | | | | | | 246 | 8.1 | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | 254 | \ 10.7 | | | | | 255 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.0 | 256 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | | 257 | 9.0 | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 3.0.1 258 | | FreeBSD | | | 5.1.2 | | 259 | | 8.3 | | | | | | 260 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 261 | | | | | | 5.1.3 | | 262 | | | | | | | | | 263 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 264 | | | | | | 5.1.4 | | 265 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.1 | 266 | | | Mac OS X | `--------. | | 267 | | | 10.8 | | | | 268 | | | | *--NetBSD | | | 269 | | | | | 6.0 | | | 270 | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.2 DragonFly 3.2.1 271 | FreeBSD | | | | | NetBSD | | 272 | 9.1 | | | | | 5.2 | | 273 | | | | | | | | | | 274 | | | | | | | NetBSD | | 275 | | | | | | | 5.2.1 | | 276 | | | | | | | | | | 277 | | | | | | | NetBSD | | 278 | | | | | | | 5.2.2 | | 279 | | | | | | | | | 280 | | | | | | \ | | 281 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 282 | | | | | | 6.0.1 | | 283 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.3 DragonFly 3.4.1 284 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 285 | | | | | | 6.0.2 | | 286 | | | | | | | | | 287 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 288 | | | | | | 6.0.3 | | 289 | | | | | | | | | 290 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 291 | | | | | | 6.0.4 | | 292 | | | | | | | | | 293 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 294 | | | | | | 6.0.5 | | 295 | | | | | | | | | 296 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 297 | | | | | | 6.0.6 | | 298 | | | | | | | | 299 | | | | | *--NetBSD | | 300 | | | | | 6.1 | | 301 | | FreeBSD | | | | | 302 | | 8.4 | | NetBSD | | 303 | | | | | 6.1.1 | | 304 | | | | | | | 305 | FreeBSD | | NetBSD | | 306 | 9.2 | | 6.1.2 | | 307 | | Mac OS X | | | | 308 | | 10.9 | | OpenBSD 5.4 | 309 | `-----. | | | | DragonFly 3.6.0 310 | \ | | | | | 311 *--FreeBSD | | | NetBSD | | 312 | 10.0 | | | 6.1.3 | | 313 | | | | | | | | 314 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.1 315 | | | | | | | | 316 | | | | | | | | 317 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.2 318 | | | | | NetBSD | | 319 | | | | | 6.1.4 | | 320 | | | | | | | | 321 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.5 | 322 | | | | | | | | 323 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.0 324 | | | | | | | | 325 | | | | | | | | 326 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.1 327 | | | | | | | | 328 | | | | | | | | 329 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.3 330 | | | | | | | | 331 | | FreeBSD | | | | | 332 | | 9.3 | | | | | 333 | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 3.8.2 334 | | | | 6.1.5 | | 335 | | Mac OS X | | | 336 | | 10.10 | | | 337 | | | | OpenBSD 5.6 | 338 | FreeBSD | | | | 339 | 10.1 | | | DragonFly 4.0.1 340 | | | | | | 341 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.2 342 | | | | | | 343 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.3 344 | | | | | | 345 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.4 346 | | | | | | 347 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.5 348 | | | | | | 349 | | | | OpenBSD 5.7 | 350 | | | | | DragonFly 4.2.0 351 | FreeBSD | | | | 352 | 10.2 | | | | 353 | | macOS *--NetBSD 7.0 | | 354 | | 10.11 | | | OpenBSD 5.8 | 355 | | | | | `--. | DragonFly 4.4.1 356 | FreeBSD | | | | OpenBSD 5.9 | 357 | 10.3 | | | | | | 358 | | | | | NetBSD | | 359 | | | | | 7.0.1 | | 360 | `------. | | | | | DragonFly 4.6.0 361 | | | | | | | | 362 | | | | | | | | 363 *--FreeBSD | macOS | | | OpenBSD 6.0 | 364 | 11.0 | 10.12 | | NetBSD | | 365 | | | | | | 7.0.2 | | 366 | | | | | | | | 367 | | | | | *--NetBSD | | 368 | | | | | | 7.1 | | 369 | | | | | | | | | 370 | | | | | | | | | 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 5.0.1 376 | | | | | | | | 377 | `------. | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 5.0.2 378 | | | | | 7.1.1 | | 379 | | | | | | | | 380 | | | | | NetBSD | | 381 | | | | | 7.1.2 `--. | 382 | | | | | | | 383 | | | | `-----. OpenBSD 6.3 | 384 | | | *--NetBSD | | DragonFly 5.2.0 385 | | | | 8.0 | | | 386 | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.1 387 | | | | | | | | 388 | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.2 389 | FreeBSD | | | *--NetBSD | | 390 | 11.2 | | | 7.2 | | 391 | | macOS | | | | 392 | | 10.14 | | OpenBSD 6.4 | 393 | | | | | | | 394 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.4.0 395 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | 396 | 12.0 | | | | | DragonFly 5.4.1 397 | | | | | | OpenBSD 6.5 | 398 | | | | | | | | 399 | | | | | NetBSD | | 400 | | | | | 8.1 | DragonFly 5.6 401 | | | | | | | | 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 | | | 409 | | | | | 9.0 | | | 410 | | | | | | | | | 411 | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8 412 | | | | | | | | | 413 | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.6.3 414 | | | | | | NetBSD | | 415 | | | | | | 8.2 | | 416 | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.1 417 | | | | | | OpenBSD 6.7 | 418 | | FreeBSD | | | | | 419 | | 11.4 | | | | | 420 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.2 421 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.3 422 | | | | NetBSD 9.1 OpenBSD 6.8 | 423 | FreeBSD macOS | | | | 424 | 12.2 11 | | | | 425 | | | | | | | 426 | `------. | | | | | 427 | | | | | | | 428 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | 429 | 13.0 | | | NetBSD 9.2 OpenBSD 6.9 DragonFly 6.0.0 430 | | | | | | | | 431 | | | | | | | DragonFly 6.0.1 432 | | | | | | | | 433 | | FreeBSD macOS | | OpenBSD 7.0 | 434 | | 12.3 12 | | | | 435 | | | | | | | DragonFly 6.2.1 436 | | | | | | OpenBSD 7.1 | 437 | FreeBSD | | | | | | 438 | 13.1 | | | | | | 439 | | | | | | | DragonFly 6.2.2 440 | | | | | NetBSD 9.3 | | 441 | | | macOS | OpenBSD 7.2 | 442 | | | 13 | | | 443 | | FreeBSD | | | | 444 | | 12.4 | | | | 445 | | | | | DragonFly 6.4.0 446 | | | | OpenBSD 7.3 | 447 | FreeBSD | | | | 448 | 13.2 | | | | 449 | | | | | 450FreeBSD 14 -current | NetBSD -current OpenBSD -current DragonFly -current 451 | | | | | 452 v v v v v 453 454Time 455---------------- 456 457Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it 458was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape. 459 460[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, 461 and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of 462 the 4.4BSD Operating System. 463[APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/] 464[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc. 465[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The. 466[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape. 467[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The. 468[KB] Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources, 469 Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987. 470[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement. 471 comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988. 472[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz. 473 Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software 474 Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983. 475[NBD] NetBSD Project, The. 476[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The. 477[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. 478[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11. 479[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society. https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/. 480[USE] Usenet announcement. 481[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc. 482[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail 483 484Multics 1965 485UNIX Summer 1969 486 DEC PDP-7 487First Edition 1971-11-03 [QCU] 488 DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler 489Second Edition 1972-06-12 [QCU] 490 10 UNIX installations 491Third Edition 1973-02-xx [QCU] 492 Pipes, 16 installations 493Fourth Edition 1973-11-xx [QCU] 494 rewriting in C effected, 495 above 30 installations 496Fifth Edition 1974-06-xx [QCU] 497 above 50 installations 498Sixth Edition 1975-05-xx [QCU] 499 port to DEC Vax 500Seventh Edition 1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS] 501 first portable UNIX 502Eighth Edition 1985-02-xx [QCU] 503 VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr] 504 descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr] 505 descended from 4.1 BSD [44B] 506 scooping-out and replacement of the character-device 507 and networking part by the streams mechanism 508 509Ninth Edition 1986-09-xx [QCU] 510Tenth Edition 1989-10-xx [QCU] 511 5121BSD late 1977 513 1978-01-16 [DOC] 514 1978-03-09 [QCU] 515 PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1) 516 30 free copies of 1BSD sent out 517 35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU] 5182BSD mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS] 519 75 2BSD tapes shipped 5202.79BSD 1980-04-xx [TUHS] 5212.8BSD 1981-07-xx [KSJ] 522 First 2BSD with bootable V7 kernel plus 523 community fixes. 5242.8.1BSD 1982-01-xx [QCU] 525 set of performance improvements 5262.9BSD 1983-07-xx [KSJ] 5272.9.1BSD 1983-11-xx [TUHS] 5282.9BSD-Seismo 1985-08-xx [SMS] 5292.10BSD 1987-04-xx [KKK] 5302.10.1BSD 1989-01-xx [SMS] 5312.11BSD 1991-03-14 [SMS] 5322.11BSD rev #430 1999-12-13 [SMS] 533 53432V 1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS] 5353BSD late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS] 536 virtual memory, page replacement, 537 demand paging 5384.0BSD 1980-10-xx 5394.1BSD 1981-07-08 [DOC] 5404.1aBSD 1982-04-xx 541 alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B] 5424.1bBSD internal release, fast filesystem [44B] 5434.1cBSD late 1982 544 beta release, IPC [44B] 5454.2BSD 1983-09-xx [QCU] 546 1983-08-03 [DOC] 5474.3BSD 1986-06-xx [QCU] 548 1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC] 5494.3BSD Tahoe 1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC] 5504.3BSD NET/1 1988-11-xx [QCU] 551 1989-01-01 [DOC] 5524.3BSD Reno 1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC] 5534.3BSD NET/2 1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC] 554 555BSD/386 ALPHA 1991-12-xx [BSDI] 556 first code released to people outside BSDI 557386BSD 0.0 1992-02-xx [DOC] 558BSD/386 0.3.1 1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers 559BSD/386 0.3.3 1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version 560386BSD 0.1 1992-07-28 [DOC] 5614.4BSD Alpha 1992-07-07 562BSD/386 0.9.3 1992-10-xx [BSDI] 563 first external gamma; G customers 564BSD/386 0.9.4 1992-12-xx [BSDI] 565 would have been 1.0 except for request 566 for preliminary injunction 567BSD/386 1.0 1993-03-xx [BSDI] 568 injunction denied; first official release 569NetBSD 0.8 1993-04-20 [NBD] 5704.4BSD 1993-06-01 [USE] 571NetBSD 0.9 1993-08-23 [NBD] 572FreeBSD 1.0 1993-11-01 [FBD] 573FreeBSD 1.0.2 1993-11-14 [FBD] 574 supersedes 1.0 13 days after release. 575BSD/386 1.1 1994-02-xx [BSDI] 5764.4BSD Lite 1994-03-01 [USE] 577FreeBSD 1.1 1994-05-07 [FBD] 578FreeBSD 1.1.5 1994-06-30 [FBD] 579FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 1994-07-05 [FBD] 580 supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release. 581NetBSD 1.0 1994-10-26 [NBD] 582386BSD 1.0 1994-11-12 [USE] 583FreeBSD 2.0 1994-11-23 [FBD] 584BSD/OS 2.0 1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based 585FreeBSD 2.0.5 1995-06-10 [FBD] 586BSD/OS 2.0.1 1995-06-xx [BSDI] 5874.4BSD Lite Release 2 1995-06-xx [44B] 588 the true final distribution from the CSRG 589FreeBSD 2.1.0 1995-11-19 [FBD] 590NetBSD 1.1 1995-11-26 [NBD] 591BSD/OS 2.1 1996-01-xx [BSDI] 592FreeBSD 2.1.5 1996-07-14 [FBD] 593NetBSD 1.2 1996-10-04 [NBD] 594OpenBSD 2.0 1996-10-18 [OBD] 595FreeBSD 2.1.6 1996-11-16 [FBD] 596FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release) 597Rhapsody 1997-xx-xx 598FreeBSD 2.1.7 1997-02-20 [FBD] 599BSD/OS 3.0 1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based 600FreeBSD 2.2.0 1997-03-16 [FBD] 601FreeBSD 2.2.1 1997-03-25 [FBD] 602FreeBSD 2.2.2 1997-05-16 [FBD] 603NetBSD 1.2.1 1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release) 604OpenBSD 2.1 1997-06-01 [OBD] 605FreeBSD 2.2.5 1997-10-22 [FBD] 606OpenBSD 2.2 1997-12-01 [OBD] 607NetBSD 1.3 1998-01-04 [NBD] 608FreeBSD 2.2.6 1998-03-25 [FBD] 609NetBSD 1.3.1 1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release) 610BSD/OS 3.1 1998-03-xx [BSDI] 611OpenBSD 2.3 1998-05-19 [OBD] 612NetBSD 1.3.2 1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release) 613FreeBSD 2.2.7 1998-07-22 [FBD] 614BSD/OS 4.0 1998-08-xx [BSDI] 615 2-lock MP support, ELF executables 616FreeBSD 3.0 1998-10-16 [FBD] 617 FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current, 618 while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which 619 was branched quite some time after 3.0-release 620FreeBSD 2.2.8 1998-11-29 [FBD] 621OpenBSD 2.4 1998-12-01 [OBD] 622NetBSD 1.3.3 1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release) 623FreeBSD 3.1 1999-02-15 [FBD] 624BSD/OS 4.0.1 1999-03-xx [BSDI] 625NetBSD 1.4 1999-05-12 [NBD] 626FreeBSD 3.2 1999-05-17 [FBD] 627OpenBSD 2.5 1999-05-19 [OBD] 628NetBSD 1.4.1 1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release) 629FreeBSD 3.3 1999-09-17 [FBD] 630OpenBSD 2.6 1999-12-01 [OBD] 631FreeBSD 3.4 1999-12-20 [FBD] 632BSD/OS 4.1 1999-12-xx [BSDI] 633FreeBSD 4.0 2000-03-13 [FBD] 634NetBSD 1.4.2 2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release) 635OpenBSD 2.7 2000-06-15 [OBD] 636FreeBSD 3.5 2000-06-24 [FBD] 637FreeBSD 4.1 2000-07-27 [FBD] 638FreeBSD 3.5.1 2000-07-28 [FBD] 639FreeBSD 4.1.1 2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release) 640FreeBSD 4.2 2000-11-21 [FBD] 641NetBSD 1.4.3 2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release) 642BSD/OS 4.2 2000-11-29 [BSDI] 643OpenBSD 2.8 2000-12-01 [OBD] 644NetBSD 1.5 2000-12-06 [NBD] 645Mac OS X 10.0 2001-03-24 [APL] 646FreeBSD 4.3 2001-04-20 [FBD] 647OpenBSD 2.9 2001-06-01 [OBD] 648NetBSD 1.5.1 2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release) 649NetBSD 1.5.2 2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release) 650FreeBSD 4.4 2001-09-18 [FBD] 651Mac OS X 10.1 2001-09-29 [APL] 652OpenBSD 3.0 2001-12-01 [OBD] 653FreeBSD 4.5 2002-01-29 [FBD] 654BSD/OS 4.3 2002-03-14 [WRS] 655OpenBSD 3.1 2002-05-19 [OBD] 656FreeBSD 4.6 2002-06-15 [FBD] 657NetBSD 1.5.3 2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release) 658FreeBSD 4.6.2 2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release) 659Mac OS X 10.2 2002-08-23 [APL] 660NetBSD 1.6 2002-09-14 [NBD] 661FreeBSD 4.7 2002-10-08 [FBD] 662OpenBSD 3.2 2002-11-01 [OBD] 663FreeBSD 5.0 2003-01-17 [FBD] 664 FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of 665 -current, similar to 3.0. 666FreeBSD 4.8 2003-04-03 [FBD] 667NetBSD 1.6.1 2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release) 668OpenBSD 3.3 2003-05-01 [OBD] 669BSD/OS 5.0 2003-05-?? [WRS] 670FreeBSD 5.1 2003-06-09 [FBD] 671Mac OS X 10.3 2003-10-24 [APL] 672FreeBSD 4.9 2003-10-28 [FBD] 673BSD/OS 5.1 ISE 2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version) 674OpenBSD 3.4 2003-11-01 [OBD] 675FreeBSD 5.2 2004-01-12 [FBD] 676FreeBSD 5.2.1 2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release) 677NetBSD 1.6.2 2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release) 678OpenBSD 3.5 2004-04-01 [OBD] 679FreeBSD 4.10 2004-05-27 [FBD] 680DragonFly 1.0 2004-07-12 [DFB] 681OpenBSD 3.6 2004-10-29 [OBD] 682FreeBSD 5.3 2004-11-06 [FBD] 683NetBSD 2.0 2004-12-09 [NBD] 684FreeBSD 4.11 2005-01-25 [FBD] 685DragonFly 1.2.0 2005-04-08 [DFB] 686NetBSD 2.0.2 2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release) 687Mac OS X 10.4 2005-04-29 [APL] 688FreeBSD 5.4 2005-05-09 [FBD] 689OpenBSD 3.7 2005-05-19 [OBD] 690NetBSD 2.0.3 2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release) 691OpenBSD 3.8 2005-11-01 [OBD] 692FreeBSD 6.0 2005-11-01 [FBD] 693NetBSD 2.1 2005-11-02 [NBD] 694NetBSD 3.0 2005-12-23 [NBD] 695DragonFly 1.4.0 2006-01-08 [DFB] 696FreeBSD 2.2.9 2006-04-01 [FBD] 697OpenBSD 3.9 2006-05-01 [OBD] 698FreeBSD 6.1 2006-05-08 [FBD] 699FreeBSD 5.5 2006-05-25 [FBD] 700NetBSD 3.0.1 2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release) 701DragonFly 1.6.0 2006-07-24 [DFB] 702OpenBSD 4.0 2006-11-01 [OBD] 703NetBSD 3.0.2 2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release) 704NetBSD 3.1 2006-11-04 [NBD] 705FreeBSD 6.2 2007-01-15 [FBD] 706DragonFly 1.8.0 2007-01-30 [DFB] 707OpenBSD 4.1 2007-05-01 [OBD] 708DragonFly 1.10.0 2007-08-06 [DFB] 709Mac OS X 10.5 2007-10-26 [APL] 710OpenBSD 4.2 2007-11-01 [OBD] 711NetBSD 4.0 2007-12-19 [NBD] 712FreeBSD 6.3 2008-01-18 [FBD] 713DragonFly 1.12.0 2008-02-26 [DFB] 714FreeBSD 7.0 2008-02-27 [FBD] 715OpenBSD 4.3 2008-05-01 [OBD] 716DragonFly 2.0.0 2008-07-21 [DFB] 717OpenBSD 4.4 2008-11-01 [OBD] 718FreeBSD 6.4 2008-11-28 [FBD] 719FreeBSD 7.1 2009-01-04 [FBD] 720DragonFly 2.2.0 2009-02-17 [DFB] 721NetBSD 5.0 2009-04-29 [NBD] 722OpenBSD 4.5 2009-05-01 [OBD] 723FreeBSD 7.2 2009-05-04 [FBD] 724Mac OS X 10.6 2009-06-08 [APL] 725NetBSD 5.0.1 2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release) 726DragonFly 2.4.0 2009-09-16 [DFB] 727OpenBSD 4.6 2009-10-18 [OBD] 728FreeBSD 8.0 2009-11-26 [FBD] 729NetBSD 5.0.2 2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release) 730FreeBSD 7.3 2010-03-23 [FBD] 731DragonFly 2.6.0 2010-03-28 [DFB] 732OpenBSD 4.7 2010-05-19 [OBD] 733FreeBSD 8.1 2010-07-24 [FBD] 734DragonFly 2.8.2 2010-10-30 [DFB] 735OpenBSD 4.8 2010-11-01 [OBD] 736NetBSD 5.1 2010-11-19 [NBD] 737FreeBSD 7.4 2011-02-24 [FBD] 738FreeBSD 8.2 2011-02-24 [FBD] 739DragonFly 2.10.1 2011-04-26 [DFB] 740OpenBSD 4.9 2011-05-01 [OBD] 741Mac OS X 10.7 2011-07-20 [APL] 742OpenBSD 5.0 2011-11-01 [OBD] 743FreeBSD 9.0 2012-01-12 [FBD] 744NetBSD 5.1.2 2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release) 745DragonFly 3.0.1 2012-02-21 [DFB] 746FreeBSD 8.3 2012-04-18 [FBD] 747OpenBSD 5.1 2012-05-01 [OBD] 748Mac OS X 10.8 2012-07-25 [APL] 749NetBSD 6.0 2012-10-17 [NBD] 750OpenBSD 5.2 2012-11-01 [OBD] 751DragonFly 3.2.1 2012-11-02 [DFB] 752NetBSD 5.2 2012-12-03 [NBD] 753NetBSD 6.0.1 2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release) 754FreeBSD 9.1 2012-12-30 [FBD] 755DragonFly 3.4.1 2013-04-29 [DFB] 756OpenBSD 5.3 2013-05-01 [OBD] 757NetBSD 6.0.2 2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release) 758NetBSD 6.1 2013-05-18 [NBD] 759FreeBSD 8.4 2013-06-07 [FBD] 760NetBSD 6.1.1 2013-08-22 [NBD] 761NetBSD 5.1.3 2013-09-29 [NBD] 762NetBSD 5.2.1 2013-09-29 [NBD] 763FreeBSD 9.2 2013-09-30 [FBD] 764NetBSD 6.0.3 2013-09-30 [NBD] 765NetBSD 6.1.2 2013-09-30 [NBD] 766Mac OS X 10.9 2013-10-22 [APL] 767OpenBSD 5.4 2013-11-01 [OBD] 768DragonFly 3.6.0 2013-11-25 [DFB] 769FreeBSD 10.0 2014-01-20 [FBD] 770NetBSD 5.1.4 2014-01-25 [NBD] 771NetBSD 5.2.2 2014-01-25 [NBD] 772NetBSD 6.0.4 2014-01-25 [NBD] 773NetBSD 6.1.3 2014-01-25 [NBD] 774DragonFly 3.6.1 2014-02-22 [DFB] 775DragonFly 3.6.2 2014-04-10 [DFB] 776NetBSD 6.0.5 2014-04-12 [NBD] 777NetBSD 6.1.4 2014-04-12 [NBD] 778OpenBSD 5.5 2014-05-01 [OBD] 779DragonFly 3.8.0 2014-06-04 [DFB] 780DragonFly 3.8.1 2014-06-16 [DFB] 781DragonFly 3.6.3 2014-06-17 [DFB] 782FreeBSD 9.3 2014-07-05 [FBD] 783DragonFly 3.8.2 2014-08-08 [DFB] 784NetBSD 6.0.6 2014-09-22 [NBD] 785NetBSD 6.1.5 2014-09-22 [NBD] 786Mac OS X 10.10 2014-10-16 [APL] 787OpenBSD 5.6 2014-11-01 [OBD] 788FreeBSD 10.1 2014-11-14 [FBD] 789DragonFly 4.0.1 2014-11-25 [DFB] 790DragonFly 4.0.2 2015-01-07 [DFB] 791DragonFly 4.0.3 2015-01-21 [DFB] 792DragonFly 4.0.4 2015-03-09 [DFB] 793DragonFly 4.0.5 2015-03-23 [DFB] 794OpenBSD 5.7 2015-05-01 [OBD] 795DragonFly 4.2.0 2015-06-29 [DFB] 796FreeBSD 10.2 2015-08-13 [FBD] 797NetBSD 7.0 2015-09-25 [NBD] 798OS X 10.11 2015-09-30 [APL] 799OpenBSD 5.8 2015-10-18 [OBD] 800DragonFly 4.4.1 2015-12-07 [DFB] 801OpenBSD 5.9 2016-03-29 [OBD] 802FreeBSD 10.3 2016-04-04 [FBD] 803NetBSD 7.0.1 2016-05-22 [NBD] 804DragonFly 4.6.0 2016-08-02 [DFB] 805OpenBSD 6.0 2016-09-01 [OBD] 806macOS 10.12 2016-09-20 [APL] 807FreeBSD 11.0 2016-10-10 [FBD] 808NetBSD 7.0.2 2016-10-21 [NBD] 809NetBSD 7.1 2017-03-11 [NBD] 810DragonFly 4.8.0 2017-03-27 [DFB] 811OpenBSD 6.1 2017-04-11 [OBD] 812FreeBSD 11.1 2017-07-26 [FBD] 813macOS 10.13 2017-09-25 [APL] 814FreeBSD 10.4 2017-10-03 [FBD] 815OpenBSD 6.2 2017-10-09 [OBD] 816DragonFly 5.0.0 2017-10-16 [DFB] 817DragonFly 5.0.1 2017-11-06 [DFB] 818DragonFly 5.0.2 2017-12-04 [DFB] 819NetBSD 7.1.1 2017-12-22 [NBD] 820NetBSD 7.1.2 2018-03-15 [NBD] 821OpenBSD 6.3 2018-04-02 [OBD] 822DragonFly 5.2.0 2018-04-10 [DFB] 823DragonFly 5.2.1 2018-05-20 [DFB] 824DragonFly 5.2.2 2018-06-18 [DFB] 825FreeBSD 11.2 2018-06-27 [FBD] 826NetBSD 8.0 2018-07-17 [NBD] 827NetBSD 7.2 2018-08-29 [NBD] 828macOS 10.14 2018-09-24 [APL] 829OpenBSD 6.4 2018-10-18 [OBD] 830DragonFly 5.4.0 2018-12-03 [DFB] 831FreeBSD 12.0 2018-12-11 [FBD] 832DragonFly 5.4.1 2018-12-24 [DFB] 833OpenBSD 6.5 2019-05-01 [OBD] 834NetBSD 8.1 2019-06-04 [NBD] 835DragonFly 5.6 2019-06-17 [DFB] 836DragonFly 5.6.1 2019-06-19 [DFB] 837FreeBSD 11.3 2019-07-09 [FBD] 838DragonFly 5.6.2 2019-08-11 [DFB] 839OpenBSD 6.6 2019-10-17 [OBD] 840macOS 10.15 2019-10-07 [APL] 841macOS 10.15.1 2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release) 842FreeBSD 12.1 2019-11-04 [FBD] 843NetBSD 9.0 2020-02-14 [NBD] 844DragonFly 5.8 2020-03-03 [DFB] 845DragonFly 5.6.3 2020-03-11 [DFB] 846NetBSD 8.2 2020-03-31 [NBD] 847DragonFly 5.8.1 2020-05-06 [DFB] 848OpenBSD 6.7 2020-05-19 [OBD] 849FreeBSD 11.4 2020-06-16 [FBD] 850DragonFly 5.8.2 2020-09-23 [DFB] 851DragonFly 5.8.3 2020-09-24 [DFB] 852OpenBSD 6.8 2020-10-18 [OBD] 853NetBSD 9.1 2020-10-18 [NBD] 854FreeBSD 12.2 2020-10-27 [FBD] 855macOS 11 2020-11-19 [APL] 856FreeBSD 13.0 2021-04-13 [FBD] 857OpenBSD 6.9 2021-05-01 [OBD] 858DragonFly 6.0 2021-05-08 [DFB] 859NetBSD 9.2 2021-05-12 [NBD] 860DragonFly 6.0.1 2021-10-12 [DFB] 861OpenBSD 7.0 2021-10-14 [OBD] 862macOS 12 2021-10-25 [APL] 863FreeBSD 12.3 2021-12-01 [FBD] 864DragonFly 6.2.1 2022-01-09 [DFB] 865OpenBSD 7.1 2022-04-21 [OBD] 866FreeBSD 13.1 2022-05-17 [FBD] 867DragonFly 6.2.2 2022-06-09 [DFB] 868NetBSD 9.3 2022-08-04 [NBD] 869OpenBSD 7.2 2022-10-20 [OBD] 870macOS 13 2022-10-24 [APL] 871FreeBSD 12.4 2022-12-05 [FBD] 872DragonFly 6.4 2022-12-30 [DFB] 873OpenBSD 7.3 2023-04-10 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