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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     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   |       |      |   |         v      |                    |
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 |     v              |      |                    |                    |
409 |                    |      |                    |                    |
410FreeBSD 13 -current   |  NetBSD -current   OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
411 |                    |      |                    |                    |
412 v                    v      v                    v                    v
413
414Time
415----------------
416
417Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
418was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
419
420[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
421	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
422	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
423[APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
424[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
425[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
426[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
427[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
428[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
429	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
430[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
431	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
432[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
433	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
434	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
435[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
436[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
437[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
438[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
439[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
440[USE] Usenet announcement.
441[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
442[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
443
444Multics                 1965
445UNIX                    Summer 1969
446				DEC PDP-7
447First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
448				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
449Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
450				10 UNIX installations
451Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
452				Pipes, 16 installations
453Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
454				rewriting in C effected,
455                                above 30 installations
456Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
457				above 50 installations
458Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
459				port to DEC Vax
460Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
461				first portable UNIX
462Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
463				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
464				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
465				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
466			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
467			and networking part by the streams mechanism
468
469Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
470Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
471
4721BSD                    late 1977
473			1978-03-09 [QCU]
474				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
475				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
476				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4772BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
478				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4792.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4802.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
481
4822.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
483				set of performance improvements
4842.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4852.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4862.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4872.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4882.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4892.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4902.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
491
49232V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
4933BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
494				virtual memory, page replacement,
495                        	demand paging
4964.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4974.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4984.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
499				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
5004.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
5014.1cBSD                 late 1982
502				beta release, IPC [44B]
5034.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
504                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
5054.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
506			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
5074.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
5084.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
509                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
5104.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
5114.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
512
513BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
514				first code released to people outside BSDI
515386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
516BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
517BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
518386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
5194.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
520BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
521				first external gamma; G customers
522BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
523				would have been 1.0 except for request
524				for preliminary injunction
525BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
526				injunction denied; first official release
527NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
5284.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
529NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
530FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
531FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
532				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
533BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
5344.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
535FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
536FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
537FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
538				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
539NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
540386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
541FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
542BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
543FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
544BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
5454.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
546				the true final distribution from the CSRG
547FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
548NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
549BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
550FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
551NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
552OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
553FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
554FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
555Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
556FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
557BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
558FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
559FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
560FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
561NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
562OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
563FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
564OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
565NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
566FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
567NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
568BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
569OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
570NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
571FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
572BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
573				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
574FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
575				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
576				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
577				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
578FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
579OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
580NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
581FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
582BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
583NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
584FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
585OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
586NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
587FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
588OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
589FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
590BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
591FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
592NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
593OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
594FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
595FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
596FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
597FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
598FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
599NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
600BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
601OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
602NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
603Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
604FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
605OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
606NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
607NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
608FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
609Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
610OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
611FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
612BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
613OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
614FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
615NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
616FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
617Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
618NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
619FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
620OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
621FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
622				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
623				-current, similar to 3.0.
624FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
625NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
626OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
627BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
628FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
629Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
630FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
631BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
632OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
633FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
634FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
635NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
636OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
637FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
638DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
639OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
640FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
641NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
642FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
643DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
644NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
645Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
646FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
647OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
648NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
649OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
650FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
651NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
652NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
653DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
654FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
655OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
656FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
657FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
658NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
659DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
660OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
661NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
662NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
663FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
664DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
665OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
666DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
667Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
668OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
669NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
670FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
671DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
672FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
673OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
674DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
675OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
676FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
677FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
678DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
679NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
680OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
681FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
682Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
683NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
684DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
685OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
686FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
687NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
688FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
689DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
690OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
691FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
692DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
693OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
694NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
695FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
696FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
697DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
698OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
699Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
700OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
701FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
702NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
703DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
704FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
705OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
706Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
707NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
708OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
709DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
710NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
711NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
712FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
713DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
714OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
715NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
716NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
717FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
718NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
719NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
720NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
721FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
722NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
723NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
724Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
725OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
726DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
727FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
728NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
729NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
730NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
731NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
732DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
733DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
734NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
735NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
736OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
737DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
738DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
739DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
740FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
741DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
742NetBSD 6.0.6		2014-09-22 [NBD]
743NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
744Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
745OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
746FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
747DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
748DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
749DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
750DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
751DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
752OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
753DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
754FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
755NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
756OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
757OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
758DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
759OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
760FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
761NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
762DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
763OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
764macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
765FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
766NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
767NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
768DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
769OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
770FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
771macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
772FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
773OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
774DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
775DragonFly 5.0.1		2017-11-06 [DFB]
776DragonFly 5.0.2		2017-12-04 [DFB]
777NetBSD 7.1.1		2017-12-22 [NBD]
778NetBSD 7.1.2		2018-03-15 [NBD]
779OpenBSD 6.3		2018-04-02 [OBD]
780DragonFly 5.2.0		2018-04-10 [DFB]
781DragonFly 5.2.1		2018-05-20 [DFB]
782DragonFly 5.2.2		2018-06-18 [DFB]
783FreeBSD 11.2		2018-06-27 [FBD]
784NetBSD 8.0		2018-07-17 [NBD]
785NetBSD 7.2		2018-08-29 [NBD]
786macOS 10.14		2018-09-24 [APL]
787OpenBSD 6.4		2018-10-18 [OBD]
788DragonFly 5.4.0		2018-12-03 [DFB]
789FreeBSD 12.0		2018-12-11 [FBD]
790DragonFly 5.4.1		2018-12-24 [DFB]
791OpenBSD 6.5		2019-05-01 [OBD]
792NetBSD 8.1		2019-06-04 [NBD]
793DragonFly 5.6		2019-06-17 [DFB]
794DragonFly 5.6.1		2019-06-19 [DFB]
795FreeBSD 11.3		2019-07-09 [FBD]
796DragonFly 5.6.2		2019-08-11 [DFB]
797OpenBSD 6.6		2019-10-17 [OBD]
798macOS 10.15		2019-10-07 [APL]
799macOS 10.15.1		2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
800FreeBSD 12.1		2019-11-04 [FBD]
801
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839BSD Hypertext Man Pages
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841
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844
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848James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
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850("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
851
852
853Acknowledgments
854---------------
855
856Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
857original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
858
859Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
860
861--
862Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
863URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
864
865$FreeBSD$
866