1 The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2 ---------------------------------------------
14 Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
18 Seventh Edition (V7)----|----------------------*
22 \ 2BSD---------------* |
30 4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD <-*
32 4.1aBSD -----------\ |
36 *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
38 Eighth Edition | 2.9BSD-Seismo
40 +----<--- 4.2BSD 2.9.1BSD
42 +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
44 Ninth Edition | / 2.10.1BSD
45 | 4.3BSD Tahoe-----+ |
55 *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
57 386BSD 0.0 | | BSD/386 ALPHA
59 386BSD 0.1 ------------>+ | BSD/386 0.3.[13]
61 | 386BSD 1.0 | | BSD/386 0.9.[34]
64 | | 4.4BSD-Encumbered | |
65 | -NetBSD 0.8 | BSD/386 1.0
67 FreeBSD 1.0 <-----' *--NetBSD 0.9 | BSD/386 1.1
68 | | .----- 4.4BSD Lite |
69 FreeBSD 1.1 | / / | \ |
71 FreeBSD 1.1.5 .---|--------' | | \ |
73 FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 / | | | \ |
74 | / *--NetBSD 1.0 <-' | \ |
76 FreeBSD 2.0 <--' | | BSD/OS 2.0
78 FreeBSD 2.0.5 \ | BSD/OS 2.0.1
79 | .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2 |
81 | | .-----|------Rhapsody | | | |
82 | | | | NetBSD 1.3 | | |
83 | | | | OpenBSD 2.3 | |
86 | | | | *--NetBSD 1.1 -. BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5 | | | \ |
88 | | | | *--NetBSD 1.2 \ BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6 | | | \ OpenBSD 2.0 |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 | | | \ | |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7 | | | | | |
94 | | | | | NetBSD 1.2.1 | |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1 | | | | |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2 | | | | |
100 | FreeBSD 2.2.1 | | | | |
102 | FreeBSD 2.2.2 | | | OpenBSD 2.1 |
104 | FreeBSD 2.2.5 | | | | |
105 | | | | | OpenBSD 2.2 |
106 | | | | *--NetBSD 1.3 | |
107 | FreeBSD 2.2.6 | | | | | |
108 | | | | | NetBSD 1.3.1 | BSD/OS 3.1
109 | | | | | | OpenBSD 2.3 |
110 | | | | | NetBSD 1.3.2 | |
111 | FreeBSD 2.2.7 | | | | | |
112 | | | | | | | BSD/OS 4.0
113 | FreeBSD 2.2.8 | | | | | |
115 | v | | | | OpenBSD 2.4 |
116 | FreeBSD 2.2.9 | | | | | |
118 FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* | | v | |
119 | | | NetBSD 1.3.3 | |
120 *---FreeBSD 3.1 | | | |
121 | | | | | BSD/OS 4.0.1
122 | FreeBSD 3.2----* | .--*--NetBSD 1.4 OpenBSD 2.5 |
126 | FreeBSD 3.3 | | | | NetBSD 1.4.1 | |
127 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 2.6 |
128 | FreeBSD 3.4 | | | | | | |
129 | | | | | | | | BSD/OS 4.1
130 FreeBSD 4.0 | | | | | NetBSD 1.4.2 | |
133 | FreeBSD 3.5 | | | | | OpenBSD 2.7 |
135 | FreeBSD 3.5.1 | | | | | | |
137 *---FreeBSD 4.1 | | | | | | |
139 | FreeBSD 4.1.1 | | / | | | |
141 | FreeBSD 4.2 Darwin/ | NetBSD 1.4.3 | |
142 | | Mac OS X | OpenBSD 2.8 BSD/OS 4.2
145 | | 10.0 *--NetBSD 1.5 | |
146 | FreeBSD 4.3 | | | | |
147 | | | | | OpenBSD 2.9 |
148 | | | | NetBSD 1.5.1 | |
150 | FreeBSD 4.4-. | | NetBSD 1.5.2 | |
151 | | | Mac OS X | | | |
152 | | | 10.1 | | OpenBSD 3.0 |
153 | FreeBSD 4.5 | | | | | |
154 | | \ | | | | BSD/OS 4.3
155 | FreeBSD 4.6 \ | | | OpenBSD 3.1 |
156 | | \ | | NetBSD 1.5.3 | |
157 | FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X | | |
159 | FreeBSD 4.7 | | | |
160 | | | *--NetBSD 1.6 OpenBSD 3.2 |
161 | FreeBSD 4.8 | | | | |
162 | | | | NetBSD 1.6.1 | |
163 | |--------. | | | OpenBSD 3.3 BSD/OS 5.0
165 | FreeBSD 4.9 | | | | OpenBSD 3.4 BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
167 | | | | | NetBSD 1.6.2 |
169 | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.5
171 | FreeBSD 4.10 | | | |
173 | FreeBSD 4.11 | | | |
175 | `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
179 FreeBSD 5.1 | | | DragonFly 1.0
181 | ----- Mac OS X | | |
185 | FreeBSD 5.2.1 | | | |
187 *-------FreeBSD 5.3 | | | |
188 | | | | OpenBSD 3.6 |
189 | | | *--NetBSD 2.0 | |
190 | | | | | | | DragonFly 1.2.0
191 | | Mac OS X | | NetBSD 2.0.2 | |
193 | FreeBSD 5.4 | | | | | |
194 | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.7 |
195 | | | | | NetBSD 2.0.3 | |
197 *--FreeBSD | | | | v OpenBSD 3.8 |
200 | | | | | NetBSD 2.1 | |
202 | | | | *--NetBSD 3.0 | |
203 | | | | | | | | DragonFly 1.4.0
204 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.9 |
205 | FreeBSD | | | | | | |
207 | | FreeBSD 5.5 | | | | | |
208 | | | | | NetBSD 3.0.1 | DragonFly 1.6.0
210 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.0 |
211 | | | | | NetBSD 3.0.2 | |
212 | | | | NetBSD 3.1 | |
213 | FreeBSD 6.2 | | | |
214 | | | | | DragonFly 1.8.0
215 | | | | OpenBSD 4.1 |
216 | | | | | DragonFly 1.10.0
219 | | | | OpenBSD 4.2 |
220 | | | *--NetBSD 4.0 | |
221 | FreeBSD 6.3 | | | | |
223 *--FreeBSD | | | | | DragonFly 1.12.0
225 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.3 |
226 | | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 2.0.0
227 | | FreeBSD | | 4.0.1 OpenBSD 4.4 |
230 | FreeBSD 7.1 | | | |
231 | | | | | DragonFly 2.2.0
232 | FreeBSD 7.2 | *--NetBSD OpenBSD 4.5 |
235 | | Mac OS X | | | \ | |
237 | | | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 2.4.0
238 | | | | | | 5.0.1 OpenBSD 4.6 |
240 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | | |
241 | 8.0 | | | | | | | |
242 | | FreeBSD | | | | NetBSD | |
243 | | 7.3 | | | | 5.0.2 | DragonFly 2.6.0
244 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.7 |
245 | FreeBSD | | | | | | |
247 | | | | | | | | DragonFly 2.8.2
248 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.8 |
249 | | | | | | *--NetBSD | |
250 | FreeBSD FreeBSD | | | 5.1 | |
251 | 8.2 7.4 | | | | | DragonFly 2.10.1
252 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.9 |
253 | `-----. Mac OS X | | | | |
255 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.0 |
256 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | |
257 | 9.0 | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 3.0.1
258 | | FreeBSD | | | 5.1.2 | |
260 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
261 | | | | | | 5.1.3 | |
263 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
264 | | | | | | 5.1.4 | |
265 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.1 |
266 | | | Mac OS X | `--------. | |
268 | | | | *--NetBSD | | |
270 | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.2 DragonFly 3.2.1
271 | FreeBSD | | | | | NetBSD | |
272 | 9.1 | | | | | 5.2 | |
274 | | | | | | | NetBSD | |
275 | | | | | | | 5.2.1 | |
277 | | | | | | | NetBSD | |
278 | | | | | | | 5.2.2 | |
281 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
282 | | | | | | 6.0.1 | |
283 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.3 DragonFly 3.4.1
284 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
285 | | | | | | 6.0.2 | |
287 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
288 | | | | | | 6.0.3 | |
290 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
291 | | | | | | 6.0.4 | |
293 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
294 | | | | | | 6.0.5 | |
296 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
297 | | | | | | 6.0.6 | |
299 | | | | | *--NetBSD | |
301 | | FreeBSD | | | | |
302 | | 8.4 | | NetBSD | |
305 | FreeBSD | | NetBSD | |
308 | | 10.9 | | OpenBSD 5.4 |
309 | `-----. | | | | DragonFly 3.6.0
311 *--FreeBSD | | | NetBSD | |
312 | 10.0 | | | 6.1.3 | |
314 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.1
317 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.2
321 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.5 |
323 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.0
326 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.1
329 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.3
331 | | FreeBSD | | | | |
333 | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 3.8.2
337 | | | | OpenBSD 5.6 |
339 | 10.1 | | | DragonFly 4.0.1
341 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.2
343 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.3
345 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.4
347 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.5
349 | | | | OpenBSD 5.7 |
350 | | | | | DragonFly 4.2.0
353 | | macOS *--NetBSD 7.0 | |
354 | | 10.11 | | | OpenBSD 5.8 |
355 | | | | | `--. | DragonFly 4.4.1
356 | FreeBSD | | | | OpenBSD 5.9 |
360 | `------. | | | | | DragonFly 4.6.0
363 *--FreeBSD | macOS | | | OpenBSD 6.0 |
364 | 11.0 | 10.12 | | NetBSD | |
365 | | | | | | 7.0.2 | |
367 | | | | | *--NetBSD | |
371 | | | macOS | | | | DragonFly 4.8.0
372 | | | 10.13 | | | OpenBSD 6.1 |
373 | FreeBSD | | | | | | DragonFly 5.0.0
374 | 11.1 FreeBSD | | | | | |
375 | | 10.4 | | | | OpenBSD 6.2 DragonFly 5.0.1
377 | `------. | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 5.0.2
381 | | | | | 7.1.2 `--. |
383 | | | | `-----. OpenBSD 6.3 |
384 | | | *--NetBSD | | DragonFly 5.2.0
386 | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.1
388 | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.2
389 | FreeBSD | | | *--NetBSD | |
392 | | 10.14 | | OpenBSD 6.4 |
394 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.4.0
395 *--FreeBSD | | | | | |
396 | 12.0 | | | | | DragonFly 5.4.1
397 | | | | | | OpenBSD 6.5 |
400 | | | | | 8.1 | DragonFly 5.6
402 | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.6.1
403 | | FreeBSD macOS | | | |
404 | | 11.3 10.15 | | | |
405 | FreeBSD | | | | OpenBSD 6.6 |
406 | 12.1 | macOS | `-------. | |
407 | | | 10.15.1 | | | DragonFly 5.6.2
408 | | | | *--NetBSD | | |
411 | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8
413 | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.6.3
414 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
416 | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.1
417 | | | | | | OpenBSD 6.7 |
418 | | FreeBSD | | | | |
420 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.2
421 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.3
422 | | | | NetBSD 9.1 OpenBSD 6.8 |
423 | FreeBSD macOS | | | |
428 *--FreeBSD | | | | | |
429 | 13.0 | | | NetBSD 9.2 OpenBSD 6.9 DragonFly 6.0.0
431 | | | | | | | DragonFly 6.0.1
433 | | FreeBSD macOS | | OpenBSD 7.0 |
435 | | | | | | | DragonFly 6.2.1
436 | | | | | | OpenBSD 7.1 |
437 | FreeBSD | | | | | |
439 | | | | | | | DragonFly 6.2.2
440 | | | | | NetBSD 9.3 | |
441 | | | macOS | OpenBSD 7.2 |
445 | | | | | DragonFly 6.4.0
446 | | | | OpenBSD 7.3 |
450 FreeBSD 14 -current | NetBSD -current OpenBSD -current DragonFly -current
457 Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
458 was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
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
487 First Edition 1971-11-03 [QCU]
488 DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
489 Second Edition 1972-06-12 [QCU]
490 10 UNIX installations
491 Third Edition 1973-02-xx [QCU]
492 Pipes, 16 installations
493 Fourth Edition 1973-11-xx [QCU]
494 rewriting in C effected,
495 above 30 installations
496 Fifth Edition 1974-06-xx [QCU]
497 above 50 installations
498 Sixth Edition 1975-05-xx [QCU]
500 Seventh Edition 1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
502 Eighth 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
509 Ninth Edition 1986-09-xx [QCU]
510 Tenth Edition 1989-10-xx [QCU]
515 PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
516 30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
517 35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
518 2BSD mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
519 75 2BSD tapes shipped
520 2.79BSD 1980-04-xx [TUHS]
521 2.8BSD 1981-07-xx [KSJ]
522 First 2BSD with bootable V7 kernel plus
524 2.8.1BSD 1982-01-xx [QCU]
525 set of performance improvements
526 2.9BSD 1983-07-xx [KSJ]
527 2.9.1BSD 1983-11-xx [TUHS]
528 2.9BSD-Seismo 1985-08-xx [SMS]
529 2.10BSD 1987-04-xx [KKK]
530 2.10.1BSD 1989-01-xx [SMS]
531 2.11BSD 1991-03-14 [SMS]
532 2.11BSD rev #430 1999-12-13 [SMS]
534 32V 1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
535 3BSD late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
536 virtual memory, page replacement,
539 4.1BSD 1981-07-08 [DOC]
541 alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
542 4.1bBSD internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
544 beta release, IPC [44B]
545 4.2BSD 1983-09-xx [QCU]
547 4.3BSD 1986-06-xx [QCU]
548 1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
549 4.3BSD Tahoe 1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
550 4.3BSD NET/1 1988-11-xx [QCU]
552 4.3BSD Reno 1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
553 4.3BSD NET/2 1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
555 BSD/386 ALPHA 1991-12-xx [BSDI]
556 first code released to people outside BSDI
557 386BSD 0.0 1992-02-xx [DOC]
558 BSD/386 0.3.1 1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
559 BSD/386 0.3.3 1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
560 386BSD 0.1 1992-07-28 [DOC]
561 4.4BSD Alpha 1992-07-07
562 BSD/386 0.9.3 1992-10-xx [BSDI]
563 first external gamma; G customers
564 BSD/386 0.9.4 1992-12-xx [BSDI]
565 would have been 1.0 except for request
566 for preliminary injunction
567 BSD/386 1.0 1993-03-xx [BSDI]
568 injunction denied; first official release
569 NetBSD 0.8 1993-04-20 [NBD]
570 4.4BSD 1993-06-01 [USE]
571 NetBSD 0.9 1993-08-23 [NBD]
572 FreeBSD 1.0 1993-11-01 [FBD]
573 FreeBSD 1.0.2 1993-11-14 [FBD]
574 supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
575 BSD/386 1.1 1994-02-xx [BSDI]
576 4.4BSD Lite 1994-03-01 [USE]
577 FreeBSD 1.1 1994-05-07 [FBD]
578 FreeBSD 1.1.5 1994-06-30 [FBD]
579 FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 1994-07-05 [FBD]
580 supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
581 NetBSD 1.0 1994-10-26 [NBD]
582 386BSD 1.0 1994-11-12 [USE]
583 FreeBSD 2.0 1994-11-23 [FBD]
584 BSD/OS 2.0 1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
585 FreeBSD 2.0.5 1995-06-10 [FBD]
586 BSD/OS 2.0.1 1995-06-xx [BSDI]
587 4.4BSD Lite Release 2 1995-06-xx [44B]
588 the true final distribution from the CSRG
589 FreeBSD 2.1.0 1995-11-19 [FBD]
590 NetBSD 1.1 1995-11-26 [NBD]
591 BSD/OS 2.1 1996-01-xx [BSDI]
592 FreeBSD 2.1.5 1996-07-14 [FBD]
593 NetBSD 1.2 1996-10-04 [NBD]
594 OpenBSD 2.0 1996-10-18 [OBD]
595 FreeBSD 2.1.6 1996-11-16 [FBD]
596 FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
598 FreeBSD 2.1.7 1997-02-20 [FBD]
599 BSD/OS 3.0 1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
600 FreeBSD 2.2.0 1997-03-16 [FBD]
601 FreeBSD 2.2.1 1997-03-25 [FBD]
602 FreeBSD 2.2.2 1997-05-16 [FBD]
603 NetBSD 1.2.1 1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
604 OpenBSD 2.1 1997-06-01 [OBD]
605 FreeBSD 2.2.5 1997-10-22 [FBD]
606 OpenBSD 2.2 1997-12-01 [OBD]
607 NetBSD 1.3 1998-01-04 [NBD]
608 FreeBSD 2.2.6 1998-03-25 [FBD]
609 NetBSD 1.3.1 1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
610 BSD/OS 3.1 1998-03-xx [BSDI]
611 OpenBSD 2.3 1998-05-19 [OBD]
612 NetBSD 1.3.2 1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
613 FreeBSD 2.2.7 1998-07-22 [FBD]
614 BSD/OS 4.0 1998-08-xx [BSDI]
615 2-lock MP support, ELF executables
616 FreeBSD 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
620 FreeBSD 2.2.8 1998-11-29 [FBD]
621 OpenBSD 2.4 1998-12-01 [OBD]
622 NetBSD 1.3.3 1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
623 FreeBSD 3.1 1999-02-15 [FBD]
624 BSD/OS 4.0.1 1999-03-xx [BSDI]
625 NetBSD 1.4 1999-05-12 [NBD]
626 FreeBSD 3.2 1999-05-17 [FBD]
627 OpenBSD 2.5 1999-05-19 [OBD]
628 NetBSD 1.4.1 1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
629 FreeBSD 3.3 1999-09-17 [FBD]
630 OpenBSD 2.6 1999-12-01 [OBD]
631 FreeBSD 3.4 1999-12-20 [FBD]
632 BSD/OS 4.1 1999-12-xx [BSDI]
633 FreeBSD 4.0 2000-03-13 [FBD]
634 NetBSD 1.4.2 2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
635 OpenBSD 2.7 2000-06-15 [OBD]
636 FreeBSD 3.5 2000-06-24 [FBD]
637 FreeBSD 4.1 2000-07-27 [FBD]
638 FreeBSD 3.5.1 2000-07-28 [FBD]
639 FreeBSD 4.1.1 2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
640 FreeBSD 4.2 2000-11-21 [FBD]
641 NetBSD 1.4.3 2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
642 BSD/OS 4.2 2000-11-29 [BSDI]
643 OpenBSD 2.8 2000-12-01 [OBD]
644 NetBSD 1.5 2000-12-06 [NBD]
645 Mac OS X 10.0 2001-03-24 [APL]
646 FreeBSD 4.3 2001-04-20 [FBD]
647 OpenBSD 2.9 2001-06-01 [OBD]
648 NetBSD 1.5.1 2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
649 NetBSD 1.5.2 2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
650 FreeBSD 4.4 2001-09-18 [FBD]
651 Mac OS X 10.1 2001-09-29 [APL]
652 OpenBSD 3.0 2001-12-01 [OBD]
653 FreeBSD 4.5 2002-01-29 [FBD]
654 BSD/OS 4.3 2002-03-14 [WRS]
655 OpenBSD 3.1 2002-05-19 [OBD]
656 FreeBSD 4.6 2002-06-15 [FBD]
657 NetBSD 1.5.3 2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
658 FreeBSD 4.6.2 2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
659 Mac OS X 10.2 2002-08-23 [APL]
660 NetBSD 1.6 2002-09-14 [NBD]
661 FreeBSD 4.7 2002-10-08 [FBD]
662 OpenBSD 3.2 2002-11-01 [OBD]
663 FreeBSD 5.0 2003-01-17 [FBD]
664 FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
665 -current, similar to 3.0.
666 FreeBSD 4.8 2003-04-03 [FBD]
667 NetBSD 1.6.1 2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
668 OpenBSD 3.3 2003-05-01 [OBD]
669 BSD/OS 5.0 2003-05-?? [WRS]
670 FreeBSD 5.1 2003-06-09 [FBD]
671 Mac OS X 10.3 2003-10-24 [APL]
672 FreeBSD 4.9 2003-10-28 [FBD]
673 BSD/OS 5.1 ISE 2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
674 OpenBSD 3.4 2003-11-01 [OBD]
675 FreeBSD 5.2 2004-01-12 [FBD]
676 FreeBSD 5.2.1 2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
677 NetBSD 1.6.2 2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
678 OpenBSD 3.5 2004-04-01 [OBD]
679 FreeBSD 4.10 2004-05-27 [FBD]
680 DragonFly 1.0 2004-07-12 [DFB]
681 OpenBSD 3.6 2004-10-29 [OBD]
682 FreeBSD 5.3 2004-11-06 [FBD]
683 NetBSD 2.0 2004-12-09 [NBD]
684 FreeBSD 4.11 2005-01-25 [FBD]
685 DragonFly 1.2.0 2005-04-08 [DFB]
686 NetBSD 2.0.2 2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
687 Mac OS X 10.4 2005-04-29 [APL]
688 FreeBSD 5.4 2005-05-09 [FBD]
689 OpenBSD 3.7 2005-05-19 [OBD]
690 NetBSD 2.0.3 2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
691 OpenBSD 3.8 2005-11-01 [OBD]
692 FreeBSD 6.0 2005-11-01 [FBD]
693 NetBSD 2.1 2005-11-02 [NBD]
694 NetBSD 3.0 2005-12-23 [NBD]
695 DragonFly 1.4.0 2006-01-08 [DFB]
696 FreeBSD 2.2.9 2006-04-01 [FBD]
697 OpenBSD 3.9 2006-05-01 [OBD]
698 FreeBSD 6.1 2006-05-08 [FBD]
699 FreeBSD 5.5 2006-05-25 [FBD]
700 NetBSD 3.0.1 2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
701 DragonFly 1.6.0 2006-07-24 [DFB]
702 OpenBSD 4.0 2006-11-01 [OBD]
703 NetBSD 3.0.2 2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
704 NetBSD 3.1 2006-11-04 [NBD]
705 FreeBSD 6.2 2007-01-15 [FBD]
706 DragonFly 1.8.0 2007-01-30 [DFB]
707 OpenBSD 4.1 2007-05-01 [OBD]
708 DragonFly 1.10.0 2007-08-06 [DFB]
709 Mac OS X 10.5 2007-10-26 [APL]
710 OpenBSD 4.2 2007-11-01 [OBD]
711 NetBSD 4.0 2007-12-19 [NBD]
712 FreeBSD 6.3 2008-01-18 [FBD]
713 DragonFly 1.12.0 2008-02-26 [DFB]
714 FreeBSD 7.0 2008-02-27 [FBD]
715 OpenBSD 4.3 2008-05-01 [OBD]
716 DragonFly 2.0.0 2008-07-21 [DFB]
717 OpenBSD 4.4 2008-11-01 [OBD]
718 FreeBSD 6.4 2008-11-28 [FBD]
719 FreeBSD 7.1 2009-01-04 [FBD]
720 DragonFly 2.2.0 2009-02-17 [DFB]
721 NetBSD 5.0 2009-04-29 [NBD]
722 OpenBSD 4.5 2009-05-01 [OBD]
723 FreeBSD 7.2 2009-05-04 [FBD]
724 Mac OS X 10.6 2009-06-08 [APL]
725 NetBSD 5.0.1 2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
726 DragonFly 2.4.0 2009-09-16 [DFB]
727 OpenBSD 4.6 2009-10-18 [OBD]
728 FreeBSD 8.0 2009-11-26 [FBD]
729 NetBSD 5.0.2 2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
730 FreeBSD 7.3 2010-03-23 [FBD]
731 DragonFly 2.6.0 2010-03-28 [DFB]
732 OpenBSD 4.7 2010-05-19 [OBD]
733 FreeBSD 8.1 2010-07-24 [FBD]
734 DragonFly 2.8.2 2010-10-30 [DFB]
735 OpenBSD 4.8 2010-11-01 [OBD]
736 NetBSD 5.1 2010-11-19 [NBD]
737 FreeBSD 7.4 2011-02-24 [FBD]
738 FreeBSD 8.2 2011-02-24 [FBD]
739 DragonFly 2.10.1 2011-04-26 [DFB]
740 OpenBSD 4.9 2011-05-01 [OBD]
741 Mac OS X 10.7 2011-07-20 [APL]
742 OpenBSD 5.0 2011-11-01 [OBD]
743 FreeBSD 9.0 2012-01-12 [FBD]
744 NetBSD 5.1.2 2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
745 DragonFly 3.0.1 2012-02-21 [DFB]
746 FreeBSD 8.3 2012-04-18 [FBD]
747 OpenBSD 5.1 2012-05-01 [OBD]
748 Mac OS X 10.8 2012-07-25 [APL]
749 NetBSD 6.0 2012-10-17 [NBD]
750 OpenBSD 5.2 2012-11-01 [OBD]
751 DragonFly 3.2.1 2012-11-02 [DFB]
752 NetBSD 5.2 2012-12-03 [NBD]
753 NetBSD 6.0.1 2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
754 FreeBSD 9.1 2012-12-30 [FBD]
755 DragonFly 3.4.1 2013-04-29 [DFB]
756 OpenBSD 5.3 2013-05-01 [OBD]
757 NetBSD 6.0.2 2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
758 NetBSD 6.1 2013-05-18 [NBD]
759 FreeBSD 8.4 2013-06-07 [FBD]
760 NetBSD 6.1.1 2013-08-22 [NBD]
761 NetBSD 5.1.3 2013-09-29 [NBD]
762 NetBSD 5.2.1 2013-09-29 [NBD]
763 FreeBSD 9.2 2013-09-30 [FBD]
764 NetBSD 6.0.3 2013-09-30 [NBD]
765 NetBSD 6.1.2 2013-09-30 [NBD]
766 Mac OS X 10.9 2013-10-22 [APL]
767 OpenBSD 5.4 2013-11-01 [OBD]
768 DragonFly 3.6.0 2013-11-25 [DFB]
769 FreeBSD 10.0 2014-01-20 [FBD]
770 NetBSD 5.1.4 2014-01-25 [NBD]
771 NetBSD 5.2.2 2014-01-25 [NBD]
772 NetBSD 6.0.4 2014-01-25 [NBD]
773 NetBSD 6.1.3 2014-01-25 [NBD]
774 DragonFly 3.6.1 2014-02-22 [DFB]
775 DragonFly 3.6.2 2014-04-10 [DFB]
776 NetBSD 6.0.5 2014-04-12 [NBD]
777 NetBSD 6.1.4 2014-04-12 [NBD]
778 OpenBSD 5.5 2014-05-01 [OBD]
779 DragonFly 3.8.0 2014-06-04 [DFB]
780 DragonFly 3.8.1 2014-06-16 [DFB]
781 DragonFly 3.6.3 2014-06-17 [DFB]
782 FreeBSD 9.3 2014-07-05 [FBD]
783 DragonFly 3.8.2 2014-08-08 [DFB]
784 NetBSD 6.0.6 2014-09-22 [NBD]
785 NetBSD 6.1.5 2014-09-22 [NBD]
786 Mac OS X 10.10 2014-10-16 [APL]
787 OpenBSD 5.6 2014-11-01 [OBD]
788 FreeBSD 10.1 2014-11-14 [FBD]
789 DragonFly 4.0.1 2014-11-25 [DFB]
790 DragonFly 4.0.2 2015-01-07 [DFB]
791 DragonFly 4.0.3 2015-01-21 [DFB]
792 DragonFly 4.0.4 2015-03-09 [DFB]
793 DragonFly 4.0.5 2015-03-23 [DFB]
794 OpenBSD 5.7 2015-05-01 [OBD]
795 DragonFly 4.2.0 2015-06-29 [DFB]
796 FreeBSD 10.2 2015-08-13 [FBD]
797 NetBSD 7.0 2015-09-25 [NBD]
798 OS X 10.11 2015-09-30 [APL]
799 OpenBSD 5.8 2015-10-18 [OBD]
800 DragonFly 4.4.1 2015-12-07 [DFB]
801 OpenBSD 5.9 2016-03-29 [OBD]
802 FreeBSD 10.3 2016-04-04 [FBD]
803 NetBSD 7.0.1 2016-05-22 [NBD]
804 DragonFly 4.6.0 2016-08-02 [DFB]
805 OpenBSD 6.0 2016-09-01 [OBD]
806 macOS 10.12 2016-09-20 [APL]
807 FreeBSD 11.0 2016-10-10 [FBD]
808 NetBSD 7.0.2 2016-10-21 [NBD]
809 NetBSD 7.1 2017-03-11 [NBD]
810 DragonFly 4.8.0 2017-03-27 [DFB]
811 OpenBSD 6.1 2017-04-11 [OBD]
812 FreeBSD 11.1 2017-07-26 [FBD]
813 macOS 10.13 2017-09-25 [APL]
814 FreeBSD 10.4 2017-10-03 [FBD]
815 OpenBSD 6.2 2017-10-09 [OBD]
816 DragonFly 5.0.0 2017-10-16 [DFB]
817 DragonFly 5.0.1 2017-11-06 [DFB]
818 DragonFly 5.0.2 2017-12-04 [DFB]
819 NetBSD 7.1.1 2017-12-22 [NBD]
820 NetBSD 7.1.2 2018-03-15 [NBD]
821 OpenBSD 6.3 2018-04-02 [OBD]
822 DragonFly 5.2.0 2018-04-10 [DFB]
823 DragonFly 5.2.1 2018-05-20 [DFB]
824 DragonFly 5.2.2 2018-06-18 [DFB]
825 FreeBSD 11.2 2018-06-27 [FBD]
826 NetBSD 8.0 2018-07-17 [NBD]
827 NetBSD 7.2 2018-08-29 [NBD]
828 macOS 10.14 2018-09-24 [APL]
829 OpenBSD 6.4 2018-10-18 [OBD]
830 DragonFly 5.4.0 2018-12-03 [DFB]
831 FreeBSD 12.0 2018-12-11 [FBD]
832 DragonFly 5.4.1 2018-12-24 [DFB]
833 OpenBSD 6.5 2019-05-01 [OBD]
834 NetBSD 8.1 2019-06-04 [NBD]
835 DragonFly 5.6 2019-06-17 [DFB]
836 DragonFly 5.6.1 2019-06-19 [DFB]
837 FreeBSD 11.3 2019-07-09 [FBD]
838 DragonFly 5.6.2 2019-08-11 [DFB]
839 OpenBSD 6.6 2019-10-17 [OBD]
840 macOS 10.15 2019-10-07 [APL]
841 macOS 10.15.1 2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
842 FreeBSD 12.1 2019-11-04 [FBD]
843 NetBSD 9.0 2020-02-14 [NBD]
844 DragonFly 5.8 2020-03-03 [DFB]
845 DragonFly 5.6.3 2020-03-11 [DFB]
846 NetBSD 8.2 2020-03-31 [NBD]
847 DragonFly 5.8.1 2020-05-06 [DFB]
848 OpenBSD 6.7 2020-05-19 [OBD]
849 FreeBSD 11.4 2020-06-16 [FBD]
850 DragonFly 5.8.2 2020-09-23 [DFB]
851 DragonFly 5.8.3 2020-09-24 [DFB]
852 OpenBSD 6.8 2020-10-18 [OBD]
853 NetBSD 9.1 2020-10-18 [NBD]
854 FreeBSD 12.2 2020-10-27 [FBD]
855 macOS 11 2020-11-19 [APL]
856 FreeBSD 13.0 2021-04-13 [FBD]
857 OpenBSD 6.9 2021-05-01 [OBD]
858 DragonFly 6.0 2021-05-08 [DFB]
859 NetBSD 9.2 2021-05-12 [NBD]
860 DragonFly 6.0.1 2021-10-12 [DFB]
861 OpenBSD 7.0 2021-10-14 [OBD]
862 macOS 12 2021-10-25 [APL]
863 FreeBSD 12.3 2021-12-01 [FBD]
864 DragonFly 6.2.1 2022-01-09 [DFB]
865 OpenBSD 7.1 2022-04-21 [OBD]
866 FreeBSD 13.1 2022-05-17 [FBD]
867 DragonFly 6.2.2 2022-06-09 [DFB]
868 NetBSD 9.3 2022-08-04 [NBD]
869 OpenBSD 7.2 2022-10-20 [OBD]
870 macOS 13 2022-10-24 [APL]
871 FreeBSD 12.4 2022-12-05 [FBD]
872 DragonFly 6.4 2022-12-30 [DFB]
873 OpenBSD 7.3 2023-04-10 [OBD]
874 FreeBSD 13.2 2023-04-11 [FBD]
877 ------------------------
879 Leffler, Samuel J., Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J Karels and John
880 Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating
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883 Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. Addison-Wesley Publishing
884 Company, Inc., 1994. ISBN 0-201-54777-5
886 McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, and John
887 Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating
888 System. Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, 1996. ISBN 0-201-54979-4
890 McKusick, Marshall Kirk, George Neville-Neil. The Design and
891 Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System.
892 Addison-Wesley Professional, Published: Aug 2, 2004. ISBN 0-201-70245-2
894 McKusick, Marshall Kirk, George Neville-Neil, Robert Watson. The
895 Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, 2nd Edition.
896 Pearson Education, Inc., 2014. ISBN 0-321-96897-2
898 Doug McIlroy. Research Unix Reader.
900 Michael G. Brown. The Role of BSD in the Development of Unix.
901 Presented to the Tasmanian Unix Special Interest Group of the
902 Australian Computer Society, Hobart, August 1993.
904 Peter H. Salus. Unix at 25. Byte Magazine, October 1994.
905 URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20081230094857/http://www.byte.com/art/9410/sec8/art3.htm
907 Andreas Klemm, Lars Köller. If you're going to San Francisco ...
908 Die freien BSD-Varianten von Unix. c't April 1997, page 368ff.
910 BSD Release Announcements collection.
911 URL: https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/
913 BSD Hypertext Man Pages
914 URL: https://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi
916 UNIX history graphing project
917 URL: https://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/index.html
920 URL: https://www.levenez.com/unix/
922 James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
923 URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20090427195917/http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
924 ("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
930 Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
931 original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
933 Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
936 Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
937 URL: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/share/misc/bsd-family-tree