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 |
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 |
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 5.0 OpenBSD 4.5 |
234 | | Mac OS X | | \ | |
236 | | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 2.4.0
237 | | | | | 5.0.1 OpenBSD 4.6 |
239 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | |
241 | | FreeBSD | | | NetBSD | |
242 | | 7.3 | | | 5.0.2 | DragonFly 2.6.0
243 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.7 |
244 | FreeBSD | | | | | |
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 | | | | |
254 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.0 |
255 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | |
256 | 9.0 | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 3.0.1
257 | | FreeBSD | | | 5.1.2 | |
259 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
260 | | | | | | 5.1.3 | |
262 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
263 | | | | | | 5.1.4 | |
264 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.1 |
265 | | | Mac OS X | `----. | |
267 | | | | NetBSD 6.0 | | |
268 | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.2 DragonFly 3.2.1
269 | FreeBSD | | | | | NetBSD | |
270 | 9.1 | | | | | 5.2 | |
272 | | | | | | | NetBSD | |
273 | | | | | | | 5.2.1 | |
275 | | | | | | | NetBSD | |
276 | | | | | | | 5.2.2 | |
279 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
280 | | | | | | 6.0.1 | |
281 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.3 DragonFly 3.4.1
282 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
283 | | | | | | 6.0.2 | |
285 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
286 | | | | | | 6.0.3 | |
288 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
289 | | | | | | 6.0.4 | |
291 | | | | | | NetBSD | |
292 | | | | | | 6.0.5 | |
294 | | | | | |`-NetBSD 6.1 | |
295 | | FreeBSD | | | | |
296 | | 8.4 | | NetBSD 6.1.1 | |
298 | FreeBSD | | NetBSD 6.1.2 | |
299 | 9.2 Mac OS X | | | |
300 | | 10.9 | | OpenBSD 5.4 |
301 | `-----. | | | | DragonFly 3.6.0
303 *--FreeBSD | | | NetBSD 6.1.3 | |
305 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.1
308 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.2
309 | | | | | NetBSD 6.1.4 | |
311 | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.5 |
313 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.0
316 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.1
319 | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.3
321 | | FreeBSD | | | | |
323 | | | | NetBSD 6.1.5 | DragonFly 3.8.2
326 | | | | OpenBSD 5.6 |
328 | 10.1 | | | DragonFly 4.0.1
330 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.2
332 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.3
334 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.4
336 | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.5
338 | | | | OpenBSD 5.7 |
339 | | | | | DragonFly 4.2.0
342 | | OS X NetBSD 7.0 | |
343 | | 10.11 | OpenBSD 5.8 |
344 | | | | | DragonFly 4.4.1
345 | FreeBSD | | OpenBSD 5.9 |
348 | | | | DragonFly 4.6.0
351 *--FreeBSD macOS | OpenBSD 6.0 |
354 | | | | DragonFly 4.8.0
357 FreeBSD 12 -current | NetBSD -current OpenBSD -current DragonFly -current
364 Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
365 was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
367 [44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
368 and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
369 the 4.4BSD Operating System.
370 [APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
371 [BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
372 [DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
373 [DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
374 [FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
375 [KB] Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
376 Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
377 [KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
378 comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
379 [KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
380 Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
381 Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
382 [NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
383 [OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
384 [QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
385 [SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
386 [TUHS] The Unix Historical Society. http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
387 [USE] Usenet announcement.
388 [WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
389 [dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
394 First Edition 1971-11-03 [QCU]
395 DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
396 Second Edition 1972-06-12 [QCU]
397 10 UNIX installations
398 Third Edition 1973-02-xx [QCU]
399 Pipes, 16 installations
400 Fourth Edition 1973-11-xx [QCU]
401 rewriting in C effected,
402 above 30 installations
403 Fifth Edition 1974-06-xx [QCU]
404 above 50 installations
405 Sixth Edition 1975-05-xx [QCU]
407 Seventh Edition 1979-01-xx [QCU]
409 Eighth Edition 1985-02-xx [QCU]
410 VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
411 descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
412 descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
413 scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
414 and networking part by the streams mechanism
416 Ninth Edition 1986-09-xx [QCU]
417 Tenth Edition 1989-10-xx [QCU]
421 PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
422 30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
423 35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
424 2BSD mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
425 75 2BSD tapes shipped
426 2.79BSD 1980-04-xx [TUHS]
427 2.8BSD 1981-07-xx [KSJ]
429 2.8.1BSD 1982-01-xx [QCU]
430 set of performance improvements
431 2.9BSD 1983-07-xx [KSJ]
432 2.9.1BSD 1983-11-xx [TUHS]
433 2.9BSD-Seismo 1985-08-xx [SMS]
434 2.10BSD 1987-04-xx [KKK]
435 2.10.1BSD 1989-01-xx [SMS]
436 2.11BSD 1992-02-xx [SMS]
437 2.11BSD rev #430 1999-12-13 [SMS]
439 32V 1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
440 3BSD late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
441 virtual memory, page replacement,
444 4.1BSD 1981-07-08 [DOC]
446 alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
447 4.1bBSD internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
449 beta release, IPC [44B]
450 4.2BSD 1983-09-xx [QCU]
452 4.3BSD 1986-06-xx [QCU]
453 1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
454 4.3BSD Tahoe 1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
455 4.3BSD NET/1 1988-11-xx [QCU]
457 4.3BSD Reno 1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
458 4.3BSD NET/2 1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
460 BSD/386 ALPHA 1991-12-xx [BSDI]
461 first code released to people outside BSDI
462 386BSD 0.0 1992-02-xx [DOC]
463 BSD/386 0.3.1 1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
464 BSD/386 0.3.3 1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
465 386BSD 0.1 1992-07-28 [DOC]
466 4.4BSD Alpha 1992-07-07
467 BSD/386 0.9.3 1992-10-xx [BSDI]
468 first external gamma; G customers
469 BSD/386 0.9.4 1992-12-xx [BSDI]
470 would have been 1.0 except for request
471 for preliminary injunction
472 BSD/386 1.0 1993-03-xx [BSDI]
473 injunction denied; first official release
474 NetBSD 0.8 1993-04-20 [NBD]
475 4.4BSD 1993-06-01 [USE]
476 NetBSD 0.9 1993-08-23 [NBD]
477 FreeBSD 1.0 1993-11-01 [FBD]
478 FreeBSD 1.0.2 1993-11-14 [FBD]
479 supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
480 BSD/386 1.1 1994-02-xx [BSDI]
481 4.4BSD Lite 1994-03-01 [USE]
482 FreeBSD 1.1 1994-05-07 [FBD]
483 FreeBSD 1.1.5 1994-06-30 [FBD]
484 FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 1994-07-05 [FBD]
485 supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
486 NetBSD 1.0 1994-10-26 [NBD]
487 386BSD 1.0 1994-11-12 [USE]
488 FreeBSD 2.0 1994-11-23 [FBD]
489 BSD/OS 2.0 1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
490 FreeBSD 2.0.5 1995-06-10 [FBD]
491 BSD/OS 2.0.1 1995-06-xx [BSDI]
492 4.4BSD Lite Release 2 1995-06-xx [44B]
493 the true final distribution from the CSRG
494 FreeBSD 2.1.0 1995-11-19 [FBD]
495 NetBSD 1.1 1995-11-26 [NBD]
496 BSD/OS 2.1 1996-01-xx [BSDI]
497 FreeBSD 2.1.5 1996-07-14 [FBD]
498 NetBSD 1.2 1996-10-04 [NBD]
499 OpenBSD 2.0 1996-10-18 [OBD]
500 FreeBSD 2.1.6 1996-11-16 [FBD]
501 FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
503 FreeBSD 2.1.7 1997-02-20 [FBD]
504 BSD/OS 3.0 1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
505 FreeBSD 2.2.0 1997-03-16 [FBD]
506 FreeBSD 2.2.1 1997-03-25 [FBD]
507 FreeBSD 2.2.2 1997-05-16 [FBD]
508 NetBSD 1.2.1 1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
509 OpenBSD 2.1 1997-06-01 [OBD]
510 FreeBSD 2.2.5 1997-10-22 [FBD]
511 OpenBSD 2.2 1997-12-01 [OBD]
512 NetBSD 1.3 1998-01-04 [NBD]
513 FreeBSD 2.2.6 1998-03-25 [FBD]
514 NetBSD 1.3.1 1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
515 BSD/OS 3.1 1998-03-xx [BSDI]
516 OpenBSD 2.3 1998-05-19 [OBD]
517 NetBSD 1.3.2 1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
518 FreeBSD 2.2.7 1998-07-22 [FBD]
519 BSD/OS 4.0 1998-08-xx [BSDI]
520 2-lock MP support, ELF executables
521 FreeBSD 3.0 1998-10-16 [FBD]
522 FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
523 while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
524 was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
525 FreeBSD 2.2.8 1998-11-29 [FBD]
526 OpenBSD 2.4 1998-12-01 [OBD]
527 NetBSD 1.3.3 1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
528 FreeBSD 3.1 1999-02-15 [FBD]
529 BSD/OS 4.0.1 1999-03-xx [BSDI]
530 NetBSD 1.4 1999-05-12 [NBD]
531 FreeBSD 3.2 1999-05-17 [FBD]
532 OpenBSD 2.5 1999-05-19 [OBD]
533 NetBSD 1.4.1 1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
534 FreeBSD 3.3 1999-09-17 [FBD]
535 OpenBSD 2.6 1999-12-01 [OBD]
536 FreeBSD 3.4 1999-12-20 [FBD]
537 BSD/OS 4.1 1999-12-xx [BSDI]
538 FreeBSD 4.0 2000-03-13 [FBD]
539 NetBSD 1.4.2 2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
540 OpenBSD 2.7 2000-06-15 [OBD]
541 FreeBSD 3.5 2000-06-24 [FBD]
542 FreeBSD 4.1 2000-07-27 [FBD]
543 FreeBSD 3.5.1 2000-07-28 [FBD]
544 FreeBSD 4.1.1 2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
545 FreeBSD 4.2 2000-11-21 [FBD]
546 NetBSD 1.4.3 2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
547 BSD/OS 4.2 2000-11-29 [BSDI]
548 OpenBSD 2.8 2000-12-01 [OBD]
549 NetBSD 1.5 2000-12-06 [NBD]
550 Mac OS X 10.0 2001-03-24 [APL]
551 FreeBSD 4.3 2001-04-20 [FBD]
552 OpenBSD 2.9 2001-06-01 [OBD]
553 NetBSD 1.5.1 2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
554 NetBSD 1.5.2 2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
555 FreeBSD 4.4 2001-09-18 [FBD]
556 Mac OS X 10.1 2001-09-29 [APL]
557 OpenBSD 3.0 2001-12-01 [OBD]
558 FreeBSD 4.5 2002-01-29 [FBD]
559 BSD/OS 4.3 2002-03-14 [WRS]
560 OpenBSD 3.1 2002-05-19 [OBD]
561 FreeBSD 4.6 2002-06-15 [FBD]
562 NetBSD 1.5.3 2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
563 FreeBSD 4.6.2 2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
564 Mac OS X 10.2 2002-08-23 [APL]
565 NetBSD 1.6 2002-09-14 [NBD]
566 FreeBSD 4.7 2002-10-08 [FBD]
567 OpenBSD 3.2 2002-11-01 [OBD]
568 FreeBSD 5.0 2003-01-17 [FBD]
569 FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
570 -current, similar to 3.0.
571 FreeBSD 4.8 2003-04-03 [FBD]
572 NetBSD 1.6.1 2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
573 OpenBSD 3.3 2003-05-01 [OBD]
574 BSD/OS 5.0 2003-05-?? [WRS]
575 FreeBSD 5.1 2003-06-09 [FBD]
576 Mac OS X 10.3 2003-10-24 [APL]
577 FreeBSD 4.9 2003-10-28 [FBD]
578 BSD/OS 5.1 ISE 2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
579 OpenBSD 3.4 2003-11-01 [OBD]
580 FreeBSD 5.2 2004-01-12 [FBD]
581 FreeBSD 5.2.1 2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
582 NetBSD 1.6.2 2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
583 OpenBSD 3.5 2004-04-01 [OBD]
584 FreeBSD 4.10 2004-05-27 [FBD]
585 DragonFly 1.0 2004-07-12 [DFB]
586 OpenBSD 3.6 2004-10-29 [OBD]
587 FreeBSD 5.3 2004-11-06 [FBD]
588 NetBSD 2.0 2004-12-09 [NBD]
589 FreeBSD 4.11 2005-01-25 [FBD]
590 DragonFly 1.2.0 2005-04-08 [DFB]
591 NetBSD 2.0.2 2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
592 Mac OS X 10.4 2005-04-29 [APL]
593 FreeBSD 5.4 2005-05-09 [FBD]
594 OpenBSD 3.7 2005-05-19 [OBD]
595 NetBSD 2.0.3 2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
596 OpenBSD 3.8 2005-11-01 [OBD]
597 FreeBSD 6.0 2005-11-01 [FBD]
598 NetBSD 2.1 2005-11-02 [NBD]
599 NetBSD 3.0 2005-12-23 [NBD]
600 DragonFly 1.4.0 2006-01-08 [DFB]
601 FreeBSD 2.2.9 2006-04-01 [FBD]
602 OpenBSD 3.9 2006-05-01 [OBD]
603 FreeBSD 6.1 2006-05-08 [FBD]
604 FreeBSD 5.5 2006-05-25 [FBD]
605 NetBSD 3.0.1 2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
606 DragonFly 1.6.0 2006-07-24 [DFB]
607 OpenBSD 4.0 2006-11-01 [OBD]
608 NetBSD 3.0.2 2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
609 NetBSD 3.1 2006-11-04 [NBD]
610 FreeBSD 6.2 2007-01-15 [FBD]
611 DragonFly 1.8.0 2007-01-30 [DFB]
612 OpenBSD 4.1 2007-05-01 [OBD]
613 DragonFly 1.10.0 2007-08-06 [DFB]
614 Mac OS X 10.5 2007-10-26 [APL]
615 OpenBSD 4.2 2007-11-01 [OBD]
616 NetBSD 4.0 2007-12-19 [NBD]
617 FreeBSD 6.3 2008-01-18 [FBD]
618 DragonFly 1.12.0 2008-02-26 [DFB]
619 FreeBSD 7.0 2008-02-27 [FBD]
620 OpenBSD 4.3 2008-05-01 [OBD]
621 DragonFly 2.0.0 2008-07-21 [DFB]
622 OpenBSD 4.4 2008-11-01 [OBD]
623 FreeBSD 6.4 2008-11-28 [FBD]
624 FreeBSD 7.1 2009-01-04 [FBD]
625 DragonFly 2.2.0 2009-02-17 [DFB]
626 NetBSD 5.0 2009-04-29 [NBD]
627 OpenBSD 4.5 2009-05-01 [OBD]
628 FreeBSD 7.2 2009-05-04 [FBD]
629 Mac OS X 10.6 2009-06-08 [APL]
630 NetBSD 5.0.1 2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
631 DragonFly 2.4.0 2009-09-16 [DFB]
632 OpenBSD 4.6 2009-10-18 [OBD]
633 FreeBSD 8.0 2009-11-26 [FBD]
634 NetBSD 5.0.2 2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
635 FreeBSD 7.3 2010-03-23 [FBD]
636 DragonFly 2.6.0 2010-03-28 [DFB]
637 OpenBSD 4.7 2010-05-19 [OBD]
638 FreeBSD 8.1 2010-07-24 [FBD]
639 DragonFly 2.8.2 2010-10-30 [DFB]
640 OpenBSD 4.8 2010-11-01 [OBD]
641 NetBSD 5.1 2010-11-19 [NBD]
642 FreeBSD 7.4 2011-02-24 [FBD]
643 FreeBSD 8.2 2011-02-24 [FBD]
644 DragonFly 2.10.1 2011-04-26 [DFB]
645 OpenBSD 4.9 2011-05-01 [OBD]
646 Mac OS X 10.7 2011-07-20 [APL]
647 OpenBSD 5.0 2011-11-01 [OBD]
648 FreeBSD 9.0 2012-01-12 [FBD]
649 NetBSD 5.1.2 2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
650 DragonFly 3.0.1 2012-02-21 [DFB]
651 FreeBSD 8.3 2012-04-18 [FBD]
652 OpenBSD 5.1 2012-05-01 [OBD]
653 Mac OS X 10.8 2012-07-25 [APL]
654 NetBSD 6.0 2012-10-17 [NBD]
655 OpenBSD 5.2 2012-11-01 [OBD]
656 DragonFly 3.2.1 2012-11-02 [DFB]
657 NetBSD 5.2 2012-12-03 [NBD]
658 NetBSD 6.0.1 2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
659 FreeBSD 9.1 2012-12-30 [FBD]
660 DragonFly 3.4.1 2013-04-29 [DFB]
661 OpenBSD 5.3 2013-05-01 [OBD]
662 NetBSD 6.0.2 2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
663 NetBSD 6.1 2013-05-18 [NBD]
664 FreeBSD 8.4 2013-06-07 [FBD]
665 NetBSD 6.1.1 2013-08-22 [NBD]
666 NetBSD 5.1.3 2013-09-29 [NBD]
667 NetBSD 5.2.1 2013-09-29 [NBD]
668 FreeBSD 9.2 2013-09-30 [FBD]
669 NetBSD 6.0.3 2013-09-30 [NBD]
670 NetBSD 6.1.2 2013-09-30 [NBD]
671 Mac OS X 10.9 2013-10-22 [APL]
672 OpenBSD 5.4 2013-11-01 [OBD]
673 DragonFly 3.6.0 2013-11-25 [DFB]
674 FreeBSD 10.0 2014-01-20 [FBD]
675 NetBSD 5.1.4 2014-01-25 [NBD]
676 NetBSD 5.2.2 2014-01-25 [NBD]
677 NetBSD 6.0.4 2014-01-25 [NBD]
678 NetBSD 6.1.3 2014-01-25 [NBD]
679 DragonFly 3.6.1 2014-02-22 [DFB]
680 DragonFly 3.6.2 2014-04-10 [DFB]
681 NetBSD 6.0.5 2014-04-12 [NDB]
682 NetBSD 6.1.4 2014-04-12 [NDB]
683 OpenBSD 5.5 2014-05-01 [OBD]
684 DragonFly 3.8.0 2014-06-04 [DFB]
685 DragonFly 3.8.1 2014-06-16 [DFB]
686 DragonFly 3.6.3 2014-06-17 [DFB]
687 FreeBSD 9.3 2014-07-05 [FBD]
688 DragonFly 3.8.2 2014-08-08 [DFB]
689 NetBSD 6.1.5 2014-09-22 [NBD]
690 Mac OS X 10.10 2014-10-16 [APL]
691 OpenBSD 5.6 2014-11-01 [OBD]
692 FreeBSD 10.1 2014-11-14 [FBD]
693 DragonFly 4.0.1 2014-11-25 [DFB]
694 DragonFly 4.0.2 2015-01-07 [DFB]
695 DragonFly 4.0.3 2015-01-21 [DFB]
696 DragonFly 4.0.4 2015-03-09 [DFB]
697 DragonFly 4.0.5 2015-03-23 [DFB]
698 OpenBSD 5.7 2015-05-01 [OBD]
699 DragonFly 4.2.0 2015-06-29 [DFB]
700 FreeBSD 10.2 2015-08-13 [FBD]
701 NetBSD 7.0 2015-09-25 [NBD]
702 OS X 10.11 2015-09-30 [APL]
703 OpenBSD 5.8 2015-10-18 [OBD]
704 DragonFly 4.4.1 2015-12-07 [DFB]
705 OpenBSD 5.9 2016-03-29 [OBD]
706 FreeBSD 10.3 2016-04-04 [FBD]
707 NetBSD 7.0.1 2016-05-22 [NBD]
708 DragonFly 4.6.0 2016-08-02 [DFB]
709 OpenBSD 6.0 2016-09-01 [OBD]
710 macOS 10.12 2016-09-20 [APL]
711 FreeBSD 11.0 2016-10-10 [FBD]
712 NetBSD 7.1 2017-03-11 [NBD]
713 DragonFly 4.8.0 2017-03-27 [DFB]
714 OpenBSD 6.1 2017-04-11 [OBD]
717 ------------------------
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730 McKusick, Marshall Kirk, George Neville-Neil. The Design and
731 Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System.
732 Addison-Wesley Professional, Published: Aug 2, 2004. ISBN 0-201-70245-2
734 McKusick, Marshall Kirk, George Neville-Neil, Robert Watson. The
735 Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, 2nd Edition.
736 Pearson Education, Inc., 2014. ISBN 0-321-96897-2
738 Doug McIlroy. Research Unix Reader.
740 Michael G. Brown. The Role of BSD in the Development of Unix.
741 Presented to the Tasmanian Unix Special Interest Group of the
742 Australian Computer Society, Hobart, August 1993.
744 Peter H. Salus. Unix at 25. Byte Magazine, October 1994.
745 URL: http://www.byte.com/art/9410/sec8/art3.htm
747 Andreas Klemm, Lars Köller. If you're going to San Francisco ...
748 Die freien BSD-Varianten von Unix. c't April 1997, page 368ff.
750 BSD Release Announcements collection.
751 URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/
753 BSD Hypertext Man Pages
754 URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi
756 UNIX history graphing project
757 URL: http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/index.html
760 URL: http://www.levenez.com/unix/
762 James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
763 URL: http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
764 ("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
770 Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
771 original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
773 Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
776 Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
777 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
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