The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD --------------------------------------------- First Edition (V1) | Second Edition (V2) | Third Edition (V3) | Fourth Edition (V4) | Fifth Edition (V5) | Sixth Edition (V6) -----* \ | \ | \ | Seventh Edition (V7) | \ | \ 1BSD 32V | \ 2BSD---------------* \ / | \ / | \/ | 3BSD | | | 4.0BSD 2.79BSD | | 4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD | | 4.1aBSD -----------\ | | \ | 4.1bBSD \ | | \ | *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD / | | Eighth Edition | 2.9BSD-Seismo | | | +----<--- 4.2BSD 2.9.1BSD | | | +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD | | / | Ninth Edition | / 2.10.1BSD | 4.3BSD Tahoe-----+ | | | \ | | | \ | v | 2.11BSD Tenth Edition | | | 2.11BSD rev #430 4.3BSD NET/1 | | v 4.3BSD Reno | *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------* | | | | 386BSD 0.0 | | BSD/386 ALPHA | | | | 386BSD 0.1 ------------>+ | BSD/386 0.3.[13] | \ | 4.4BSD Alpha | | 386BSD 1.0 | | BSD/386 0.9.[34] | | 4.4BSD | | | / | | | | 4.4BSD-Encumbered | | | -NetBSD 0.8 | BSD/386 1.0 | / | | | FreeBSD 1.0 <-----' *--NetBSD 0.9 | BSD/386 1.1 | | .----- 4.4BSD Lite | FreeBSD 1.1 | / / | \ | | | / | | \ | FreeBSD 1.1.5 .---|--------' | | \ | | / | | | \ | FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 / | | | \ | | / *--NetBSD 1.0 <-' | \ | | / | | \ | FreeBSD 2.0 <--' | | BSD/OS 2.0 | \ | | FreeBSD 2.0.5 \ | BSD/OS 2.0.1 | .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2 | | | \ | | | | | | | .-----|------Rhapsody | | | | | | | | NetBSD 1.3 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 2.3 | | | | | | BSD/OS 3.0 | FreeBSD 2.1 | | | | | | | | *--NetBSD 1.1 -. BSD/OS 2.1 | FreeBSD 2.1.5 | | | \ | | | | | *--NetBSD 1.2 \ BSD/OS 3.0 | FreeBSD 2.1.6 | | | \ OpenBSD 2.0 | | | | | | \ | | | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 | | | \ | | | | | | | \ | | | FreeBSD 2.1.7 | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD 1.2.1 | | | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | *-FreeBSD 2.2 | | | | | | \ | | | | | | FreeBSD 2.2.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 2.2.2 | | | OpenBSD 2.1 | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 2.2.5 | | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 2.2 | | | | | *--NetBSD 1.3 | | | FreeBSD 2.2.6 | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD 1.3.1 | BSD/OS 3.1 | | | | | | OpenBSD 2.3 | | | | | | NetBSD 1.3.2 | | | FreeBSD 2.2.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | BSD/OS 4.0 | FreeBSD 2.2.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | v | | | | OpenBSD 2.4 | | FreeBSD 2.2.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* | | v | | | | | NetBSD 1.3.3 | | *---FreeBSD 3.1 | | | | | | | | | BSD/OS 4.0.1 | FreeBSD 3.2----* | .--*--NetBSD 1.4 OpenBSD 2.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 3.3 | | | | NetBSD 1.4.1 | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 2.6 | | FreeBSD 3.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BSD/OS 4.1 FreeBSD 4.0 | | | | | NetBSD 1.4.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 3.5 | | | | | OpenBSD 2.7 | | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 3.5.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | *---FreeBSD 4.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 4.1.1 | | / | | | | | | | | / | | | | | FreeBSD 4.2 Darwin/ | NetBSD 1.4.3 | | | | Mac OS X | OpenBSD 2.8 BSD/OS 4.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10.0 *--NetBSD 1.5 | | | FreeBSD 4.3 | | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 2.9 | | | | | NetBSD 1.5.1 | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 4.4-. | | NetBSD 1.5.2 | | | | | Mac OS X | | | | | | | 10.1 | | OpenBSD 3.0 | | FreeBSD 4.5 | | | | | | | | \ | | | | BSD/OS 4.3 | FreeBSD 4.6 \ | | | OpenBSD 3.1 | | | \ | | NetBSD 1.5.3 | | | FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X | | | | | 10.2 | | | | FreeBSD 4.7 | | | | | | | *--NetBSD 1.6 OpenBSD 3.2 | | FreeBSD 4.8 | | | | | | | | | NetBSD 1.6.1 | | | |--------. | | | OpenBSD 3.3 BSD/OS 5.0 | | \ | | | | | | FreeBSD 4.9 | | | | OpenBSD 3.4 BSD/OS 5.1 ISE | | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD 1.6.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.5 | | | | | v | | FreeBSD 4.10 | | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 4.11 | | | | | | | | | | `-|------|-----------------|---------------------. | | | | \ FreeBSD 5.0 | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 5.1 | | | DragonFly 1.0 | \ | | | | | ----- Mac OS X | | | | 10.3 | | | FreeBSD 5.2 | | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 5.2.1 | | | | | | | | | *-------FreeBSD 5.3 | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.6 | | | | *--NetBSD 2.0 | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 1.2.0 | | Mac OS X | | NetBSD 2.0.2 | | | | 10.4 | | | | | | FreeBSD 5.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.7 | | | | | | NetBSD 2.0.3 | | | | | | | | | | *--FreeBSD | | | | v OpenBSD 3.8 | | 6.0 | | | | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | NetBSD 2.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | *--NetBSD 3.0 | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 1.4.0 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 3.9 | | FreeBSD | | | | | | | | 6.1 | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 5.5 | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD 3.0.1 | DragonFly 1.6.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.0 | | | | | | NetBSD 3.0.2 | | | | | | NetBSD 3.1 | | | FreeBSD 6.2 | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 1.8.0 | | | | OpenBSD 4.1 | | | | | | DragonFly 1.10.0 | | Mac OS X | | | | | 10.5 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.2 | | | | *--NetBSD 4.0 | | | FreeBSD 6.3 | | | | | | \ | | | | | *--FreeBSD | | | | | DragonFly 1.12.0 | 7.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.3 | | | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 2.0.0 | | FreeBSD | | 4.0.1 OpenBSD 4.4 | | | 6.4 | | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD 7.1 | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 2.2.0 | FreeBSD 7.2 | *--NetBSD OpenBSD 4.5 | | \ | | 5.0 | | | \ | | / | \ | | | | Mac OS X | | | \ | | | | 10.6 | | | \ | | | | | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 2.4.0 | | | | | | 5.0.1 OpenBSD 4.6 | | | | | | | | | | *--FreeBSD | | | | | | | | | 8.0 | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD | | | | NetBSD | | | | 7.3 | | | | 5.0.2 | DragonFly 2.6.0 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.7 | | FreeBSD | | | | | | | | 8.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 2.8.2 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.8 | | | | | | | *--NetBSD | | | FreeBSD FreeBSD | | | 5.1 | | | 8.2 7.4 | | | | | DragonFly 2.10.1 | | | | | | OpenBSD 4.9 | | `-----. Mac OS X | | | | | | \ 10.7 | | | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.0 | *--FreeBSD | | | | | | | | 9.0 | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 3.0.1 | | FreeBSD | | | 5.1.2 | | | | 8.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | 5.1.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | 5.1.4 | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.1 | | | | Mac OS X | `--------. | | | | | 10.8 | | | | | | | | *--NetBSD | | | | | | | | 6.0 | | | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.2 DragonFly 3.2.1 | FreeBSD | | | | | NetBSD | | | 9.1 | | | | | 5.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | | 5.2.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | | 5.2.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | 6.0.1 | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.3 DragonFly 3.4.1 | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | 6.0.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | 6.0.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | 6.0.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | 6.0.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | 6.0.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | *--NetBSD | | | | | | | 6.1 | | | | FreeBSD | | | | | | | 8.4 | | NetBSD | | | | | | | 6.1.1 | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD | | NetBSD | | | 9.2 | | 6.1.2 | | | | Mac OS X | | | | | | 10.9 | | OpenBSD 5.4 | | `-----. | | | | DragonFly 3.6.0 | \ | | | | | *--FreeBSD | | | NetBSD | | | 10.0 | | | 6.1.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.2 | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | 6.1.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.8.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 3.6.3 | | | | | | | | | | FreeBSD | | | | | | | 9.3 | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 3.8.2 | | | | 6.1.5 | | | | Mac OS X | | | | | 10.10 | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.6 | | FreeBSD | | | | | 10.1 | | | DragonFly 4.0.1 | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.2 | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.3 | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.4 | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 4.0.5 | | | | | | | | | | OpenBSD 5.7 | | | | | | DragonFly 4.2.0 | FreeBSD | | | | | 10.2 | | | | | | macOS *--NetBSD 7.0 | | | | 10.11 | | | OpenBSD 5.8 | | | | | | `--. | DragonFly 4.4.1 | FreeBSD | | | | OpenBSD 5.9 | | 10.3 | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | 7.0.1 | | | `------. | | | | | DragonFly 4.6.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | *--FreeBSD | macOS | | | OpenBSD 6.0 | | 11.0 | 10.12 | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | 7.0.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | *--NetBSD | | | | | | | | 7.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | macOS | | | | DragonFly 4.8.0 | | | 10.13 | | | OpenBSD 6.1 | | FreeBSD | | | | | | DragonFly 5.0.0 | 11.1 FreeBSD | | | | | | | | 10.4 | | | | OpenBSD 6.2 DragonFly 5.0.1 | | | | | | | | | `------. | | | NetBSD | DragonFly 5.0.2 | | | | | 7.1.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | 7.1.2 `--. | | | | | | | | | | | | `-----. OpenBSD 6.3 | | | | *--NetBSD | | DragonFly 5.2.0 | | | | 8.0 | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.2.2 | FreeBSD | | | *--NetBSD | | | 11.2 | | | 7.2 | | | | macOS | | | | | | 10.14 | | OpenBSD 6.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.4.0 *--FreeBSD | | | | | | | 12.0 | | | | | DragonFly 5.4.1 | | | | | | OpenBSD 6.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | 8.1 | DragonFly 5.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.6.1 | | FreeBSD macOS | | | | | | 11.3 10.15 | | | | | FreeBSD | | | | OpenBSD 6.6 | | 12.1 | macOS | `-------. | | | | | 10.15.1 | | | DragonFly 5.6.2 | | | | *--NetBSD | | | | | | | | 9.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.6.3 | | | | | | NetBSD | | | | | | | | 8.2 | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.1 | | | | | | OpenBSD 6.7 | | | FreeBSD | | | | | | | 11.4 | | | | | | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.2 | | | | | | DragonFly 5.8.3 | | | | NetBSD 9.1 OpenBSD 6.8 | | FreeBSD | | | | | | 12.2 | | | | | | | | | | | *--FreeBSD | | | | | | 13.0 | | NetBSD 9.2 OpenBSD 6.9 | | | | | | FreeBSD 14 -current | NetBSD -current OpenBSD -current DragonFly -current | | | | | v v v v v Time ---------------- Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape. [44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels, and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System. [APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/] [BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc. [DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The. [DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape. [FBD] FreeBSD Project, The. [KB] Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources, Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987. [KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement. comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988. [KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz. Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983. [NBD] NetBSD Project, The. [OBD] OpenBSD Project, The. [QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX. [SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11. [TUHS] The Unix Historical Society. http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/. [USE] Usenet announcement. [WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc. [dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail Multics 1965 UNIX Summer 1969 DEC PDP-7 First Edition 1971-11-03 [QCU] DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler Second Edition 1972-06-12 [QCU] 10 UNIX installations Third Edition 1973-02-xx [QCU] Pipes, 16 installations Fourth Edition 1973-11-xx [QCU] rewriting in C effected, above 30 installations Fifth Edition 1974-06-xx [QCU] above 50 installations Sixth Edition 1975-05-xx [QCU] port to DEC Vax Seventh Edition 1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS] first portable UNIX Eighth Edition 1985-02-xx [QCU] VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr] descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr] descended from 4.1 BSD [44B] scooping-out and replacement of the character-device and networking part by the streams mechanism Ninth Edition 1986-09-xx [QCU] Tenth Edition 1989-10-xx [QCU] 1BSD late 1977 1978-01-16 [DOC] 1978-03-09 [QCU] PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1) 30 free copies of 1BSD sent out 35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU] 2BSD mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS] 75 2BSD tapes shipped 2.79BSD 1980-04-xx [TUHS] 2.8BSD 1981-07-xx [KSJ] 2.8.1BSD 1982-01-xx [QCU] set of performance improvements 2.9BSD 1983-07-xx [KSJ] 2.9.1BSD 1983-11-xx [TUHS] 2.9BSD-Seismo 1985-08-xx [SMS] 2.10BSD 1987-04-xx [KKK] 2.10.1BSD 1989-01-xx [SMS] 2.11BSD 1991-03-14 [SMS] 2.11BSD rev #430 1999-12-13 [SMS] 32V 1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS] 3BSD late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS] virtual memory, page replacement, demand paging 4.0BSD 1980-10-xx 4.1BSD 1981-07-08 [DOC] 4.1aBSD 1982-04-xx alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B] 4.1bBSD internal release, fast filesystem [44B] 4.1cBSD late 1982 beta release, IPC [44B] 4.2BSD 1983-09-xx [QCU] 1983-08-03 [DOC] 4.3BSD 1986-06-xx [QCU] 1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC] 4.3BSD Tahoe 1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC] 4.3BSD NET/1 1988-11-xx [QCU] 1989-01-01 [DOC] 4.3BSD Reno 1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC] 4.3BSD NET/2 1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC] BSD/386 ALPHA 1991-12-xx [BSDI] first code released to people outside BSDI 386BSD 0.0 1992-02-xx [DOC] BSD/386 0.3.1 1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers BSD/386 0.3.3 1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version 386BSD 0.1 1992-07-28 [DOC] 4.4BSD Alpha 1992-07-07 BSD/386 0.9.3 1992-10-xx [BSDI] first external gamma; G customers BSD/386 0.9.4 1992-12-xx [BSDI] would have been 1.0 except for request for preliminary injunction BSD/386 1.0 1993-03-xx [BSDI] injunction denied; first official release NetBSD 0.8 1993-04-20 [NBD] 4.4BSD 1993-06-01 [USE] NetBSD 0.9 1993-08-23 [NBD] FreeBSD 1.0 1993-11-01 [FBD] FreeBSD 1.0.2 1993-11-14 [FBD] supersedes 1.0 13 days after release. BSD/386 1.1 1994-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4BSD Lite 1994-03-01 [USE] FreeBSD 1.1 1994-05-07 [FBD] FreeBSD 1.1.5 1994-06-30 [FBD] FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 1994-07-05 [FBD] supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release. NetBSD 1.0 1994-10-26 [NBD] 386BSD 1.0 1994-11-12 [USE] FreeBSD 2.0 1994-11-23 [FBD] BSD/OS 2.0 1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based FreeBSD 2.0.5 1995-06-10 [FBD] BSD/OS 2.0.1 1995-06-xx [BSDI] 4.4BSD Lite Release 2 1995-06-xx [44B] the true final distribution from the CSRG FreeBSD 2.1.0 1995-11-19 [FBD] NetBSD 1.1 1995-11-26 [NBD] BSD/OS 2.1 1996-01-xx [BSDI] FreeBSD 2.1.5 1996-07-14 [FBD] NetBSD 1.2 1996-10-04 [NBD] OpenBSD 2.0 1996-10-18 [OBD] FreeBSD 2.1.6 1996-11-16 [FBD] FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release) Rhapsody 1997-xx-xx FreeBSD 2.1.7 1997-02-20 [FBD] BSD/OS 3.0 1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based FreeBSD 2.2.0 1997-03-16 [FBD] FreeBSD 2.2.1 1997-03-25 [FBD] FreeBSD 2.2.2 1997-05-16 [FBD] NetBSD 1.2.1 1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release) OpenBSD 2.1 1997-06-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 2.2.5 1997-10-22 [FBD] OpenBSD 2.2 1997-12-01 [OBD] NetBSD 1.3 1998-01-04 [NBD] FreeBSD 2.2.6 1998-03-25 [FBD] NetBSD 1.3.1 1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release) BSD/OS 3.1 1998-03-xx [BSDI] OpenBSD 2.3 1998-05-19 [OBD] NetBSD 1.3.2 1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release) FreeBSD 2.2.7 1998-07-22 [FBD] BSD/OS 4.0 1998-08-xx [BSDI] 2-lock MP support, ELF executables FreeBSD 3.0 1998-10-16 [FBD] FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current, while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which was branched quite some time after 3.0-release FreeBSD 2.2.8 1998-11-29 [FBD] OpenBSD 2.4 1998-12-01 [OBD] NetBSD 1.3.3 1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release) FreeBSD 3.1 1999-02-15 [FBD] BSD/OS 4.0.1 1999-03-xx [BSDI] NetBSD 1.4 1999-05-12 [NBD] FreeBSD 3.2 1999-05-17 [FBD] OpenBSD 2.5 1999-05-19 [OBD] NetBSD 1.4.1 1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release) FreeBSD 3.3 1999-09-17 [FBD] OpenBSD 2.6 1999-12-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 3.4 1999-12-20 [FBD] BSD/OS 4.1 1999-12-xx [BSDI] FreeBSD 4.0 2000-03-13 [FBD] NetBSD 1.4.2 2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release) OpenBSD 2.7 2000-06-15 [OBD] FreeBSD 3.5 2000-06-24 [FBD] FreeBSD 4.1 2000-07-27 [FBD] FreeBSD 3.5.1 2000-07-28 [FBD] FreeBSD 4.1.1 2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release) FreeBSD 4.2 2000-11-21 [FBD] NetBSD 1.4.3 2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release) BSD/OS 4.2 2000-11-29 [BSDI] OpenBSD 2.8 2000-12-01 [OBD] NetBSD 1.5 2000-12-06 [NBD] Mac OS X 10.0 2001-03-24 [APL] FreeBSD 4.3 2001-04-20 [FBD] OpenBSD 2.9 2001-06-01 [OBD] NetBSD 1.5.1 2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release) NetBSD 1.5.2 2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release) FreeBSD 4.4 2001-09-18 [FBD] Mac OS X 10.1 2001-09-29 [APL] OpenBSD 3.0 2001-12-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 4.5 2002-01-29 [FBD] BSD/OS 4.3 2002-03-14 [WRS] OpenBSD 3.1 2002-05-19 [OBD] FreeBSD 4.6 2002-06-15 [FBD] NetBSD 1.5.3 2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release) FreeBSD 4.6.2 2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release) Mac OS X 10.2 2002-08-23 [APL] NetBSD 1.6 2002-09-14 [NBD] FreeBSD 4.7 2002-10-08 [FBD] OpenBSD 3.2 2002-11-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 5.0 2003-01-17 [FBD] FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of -current, similar to 3.0. FreeBSD 4.8 2003-04-03 [FBD] NetBSD 1.6.1 2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release) OpenBSD 3.3 2003-05-01 [OBD] BSD/OS 5.0 2003-05-?? [WRS] FreeBSD 5.1 2003-06-09 [FBD] Mac OS X 10.3 2003-10-24 [APL] FreeBSD 4.9 2003-10-28 [FBD] BSD/OS 5.1 ISE 2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version) OpenBSD 3.4 2003-11-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 5.2 2004-01-12 [FBD] FreeBSD 5.2.1 2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release) NetBSD 1.6.2 2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release) OpenBSD 3.5 2004-04-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 4.10 2004-05-27 [FBD] DragonFly 1.0 2004-07-12 [DFB] OpenBSD 3.6 2004-10-29 [OBD] FreeBSD 5.3 2004-11-06 [FBD] NetBSD 2.0 2004-12-09 [NBD] FreeBSD 4.11 2005-01-25 [FBD] DragonFly 1.2.0 2005-04-08 [DFB] NetBSD 2.0.2 2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release) Mac OS X 10.4 2005-04-29 [APL] FreeBSD 5.4 2005-05-09 [FBD] OpenBSD 3.7 2005-05-19 [OBD] NetBSD 2.0.3 2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release) OpenBSD 3.8 2005-11-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 6.0 2005-11-01 [FBD] NetBSD 2.1 2005-11-02 [NBD] NetBSD 3.0 2005-12-23 [NBD] DragonFly 1.4.0 2006-01-08 [DFB] FreeBSD 2.2.9 2006-04-01 [FBD] OpenBSD 3.9 2006-05-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 6.1 2006-05-08 [FBD] FreeBSD 5.5 2006-05-25 [FBD] NetBSD 3.0.1 2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release) DragonFly 1.6.0 2006-07-24 [DFB] OpenBSD 4.0 2006-11-01 [OBD] NetBSD 3.0.2 2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release) NetBSD 3.1 2006-11-04 [NBD] FreeBSD 6.2 2007-01-15 [FBD] DragonFly 1.8.0 2007-01-30 [DFB] OpenBSD 4.1 2007-05-01 [OBD] DragonFly 1.10.0 2007-08-06 [DFB] Mac OS X 10.5 2007-10-26 [APL] OpenBSD 4.2 2007-11-01 [OBD] NetBSD 4.0 2007-12-19 [NBD] FreeBSD 6.3 2008-01-18 [FBD] DragonFly 1.12.0 2008-02-26 [DFB] FreeBSD 7.0 2008-02-27 [FBD] OpenBSD 4.3 2008-05-01 [OBD] DragonFly 2.0.0 2008-07-21 [DFB] OpenBSD 4.4 2008-11-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 6.4 2008-11-28 [FBD] FreeBSD 7.1 2009-01-04 [FBD] DragonFly 2.2.0 2009-02-17 [DFB] NetBSD 5.0 2009-04-29 [NBD] OpenBSD 4.5 2009-05-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 7.2 2009-05-04 [FBD] Mac OS X 10.6 2009-06-08 [APL] NetBSD 5.0.1 2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release) DragonFly 2.4.0 2009-09-16 [DFB] OpenBSD 4.6 2009-10-18 [OBD] FreeBSD 8.0 2009-11-26 [FBD] NetBSD 5.0.2 2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release) FreeBSD 7.3 2010-03-23 [FBD] DragonFly 2.6.0 2010-03-28 [DFB] OpenBSD 4.7 2010-05-19 [OBD] FreeBSD 8.1 2010-07-24 [FBD] DragonFly 2.8.2 2010-10-30 [DFB] OpenBSD 4.8 2010-11-01 [OBD] NetBSD 5.1 2010-11-19 [NBD] FreeBSD 7.4 2011-02-24 [FBD] FreeBSD 8.2 2011-02-24 [FBD] DragonFly 2.10.1 2011-04-26 [DFB] OpenBSD 4.9 2011-05-01 [OBD] Mac OS X 10.7 2011-07-20 [APL] OpenBSD 5.0 2011-11-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 9.0 2012-01-12 [FBD] NetBSD 5.1.2 2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release) DragonFly 3.0.1 2012-02-21 [DFB] FreeBSD 8.3 2012-04-18 [FBD] OpenBSD 5.1 2012-05-01 [OBD] Mac OS X 10.8 2012-07-25 [APL] NetBSD 6.0 2012-10-17 [NBD] OpenBSD 5.2 2012-11-01 [OBD] DragonFly 3.2.1 2012-11-02 [DFB] NetBSD 5.2 2012-12-03 [NBD] NetBSD 6.0.1 2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release) FreeBSD 9.1 2012-12-30 [FBD] DragonFly 3.4.1 2013-04-29 [DFB] OpenBSD 5.3 2013-05-01 [OBD] NetBSD 6.0.2 2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release) NetBSD 6.1 2013-05-18 [NBD] FreeBSD 8.4 2013-06-07 [FBD] NetBSD 6.1.1 2013-08-22 [NBD] NetBSD 5.1.3 2013-09-29 [NBD] NetBSD 5.2.1 2013-09-29 [NBD] FreeBSD 9.2 2013-09-30 [FBD] NetBSD 6.0.3 2013-09-30 [NBD] NetBSD 6.1.2 2013-09-30 [NBD] Mac OS X 10.9 2013-10-22 [APL] OpenBSD 5.4 2013-11-01 [OBD] DragonFly 3.6.0 2013-11-25 [DFB] FreeBSD 10.0 2014-01-20 [FBD] NetBSD 5.1.4 2014-01-25 [NBD] NetBSD 5.2.2 2014-01-25 [NBD] NetBSD 6.0.4 2014-01-25 [NBD] NetBSD 6.1.3 2014-01-25 [NBD] DragonFly 3.6.1 2014-02-22 [DFB] DragonFly 3.6.2 2014-04-10 [DFB] NetBSD 6.0.5 2014-04-12 [NBD] NetBSD 6.1.4 2014-04-12 [NBD] OpenBSD 5.5 2014-05-01 [OBD] DragonFly 3.8.0 2014-06-04 [DFB] DragonFly 3.8.1 2014-06-16 [DFB] DragonFly 3.6.3 2014-06-17 [DFB] FreeBSD 9.3 2014-07-05 [FBD] DragonFly 3.8.2 2014-08-08 [DFB] NetBSD 6.0.6 2014-09-22 [NBD] NetBSD 6.1.5 2014-09-22 [NBD] Mac OS X 10.10 2014-10-16 [APL] OpenBSD 5.6 2014-11-01 [OBD] FreeBSD 10.1 2014-11-14 [FBD] DragonFly 4.0.1 2014-11-25 [DFB] DragonFly 4.0.2 2015-01-07 [DFB] DragonFly 4.0.3 2015-01-21 [DFB] DragonFly 4.0.4 2015-03-09 [DFB] DragonFly 4.0.5 2015-03-23 [DFB] OpenBSD 5.7 2015-05-01 [OBD] DragonFly 4.2.0 2015-06-29 [DFB] FreeBSD 10.2 2015-08-13 [FBD] NetBSD 7.0 2015-09-25 [NBD] OS X 10.11 2015-09-30 [APL] OpenBSD 5.8 2015-10-18 [OBD] DragonFly 4.4.1 2015-12-07 [DFB] OpenBSD 5.9 2016-03-29 [OBD] FreeBSD 10.3 2016-04-04 [FBD] NetBSD 7.0.1 2016-05-22 [NBD] DragonFly 4.6.0 2016-08-02 [DFB] OpenBSD 6.0 2016-09-01 [OBD] macOS 10.12 2016-09-20 [APL] FreeBSD 11.0 2016-10-10 [FBD] NetBSD 7.0.2 2016-10-21 [NBD] NetBSD 7.1 2017-03-11 [NBD] DragonFly 4.8.0 2017-03-27 [DFB] OpenBSD 6.1 2017-04-11 [OBD] FreeBSD 11.1 2017-07-26 [FBD] macOS 10.13 2017-09-25 [APL] FreeBSD 10.4 2017-10-03 [FBD] OpenBSD 6.2 2017-10-09 [OBD] DragonFly 5.0.0 2017-10-16 [DFB] DragonFly 5.0.1 2017-11-06 [DFB] DragonFly 5.0.2 2017-12-04 [DFB] NetBSD 7.1.1 2017-12-22 [NBD] NetBSD 7.1.2 2018-03-15 [NBD] OpenBSD 6.3 2018-04-02 [OBD] DragonFly 5.2.0 2018-04-10 [DFB] DragonFly 5.2.1 2018-05-20 [DFB] DragonFly 5.2.2 2018-06-18 [DFB] FreeBSD 11.2 2018-06-27 [FBD] NetBSD 8.0 2018-07-17 [NBD] NetBSD 7.2 2018-08-29 [NBD] macOS 10.14 2018-09-24 [APL] OpenBSD 6.4 2018-10-18 [OBD] DragonFly 5.4.0 2018-12-03 [DFB] FreeBSD 12.0 2018-12-11 [FBD] DragonFly 5.4.1 2018-12-24 [DFB] OpenBSD 6.5 2019-05-01 [OBD] NetBSD 8.1 2019-06-04 [NBD] DragonFly 5.6 2019-06-17 [DFB] DragonFly 5.6.1 2019-06-19 [DFB] FreeBSD 11.3 2019-07-09 [FBD] DragonFly 5.6.2 2019-08-11 [DFB] OpenBSD 6.6 2019-10-17 [OBD] macOS 10.15 2019-10-07 [APL] macOS 10.15.1 2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release) FreeBSD 12.1 2019-11-04 [FBD] NetBSD 9.0 2020-02-14 [NBD] DragonFly 5.8 2020-03-03 [DFB] DragonFly 5.6.3 2020-03-11 [DFB] NetBSD 8.2 2020-03-31 [NBD] DragonFly 5.8.1 2020-05-06 [DFB] OpenBSD 6.7 2020-05-19 [OBD] FreeBSD 11.4 2020-06-16 [FBD] DragonFly 5.8.2 2020-09-23 [DFB] DragonFly 5.8.3 2020-09-24 [DFB] OpenBSD 6.8 2020-10-18 [OBD] NetBSD 9.1 2020-10-18 [NBD] FreeBSD 12.2 2020-10-27 [FBD] FreeBSD 13.0 2021-04-13 [FBD] OpenBSD 6.9 2021-05-01 [OBD] NetBSD 9.2 2021-05-12 [NBD] Bibliography ------------------------ Leffler, Samuel J., Marshall Kirk 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