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    FreeBSD timeline

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    Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
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    Seventh Edition (V7)    |
                \           |
                 \        1BSD
                 32V        |
                   \      2BSD---------------*
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                     \  /                    |
                      \/                     |
                     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 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
     |             \      |      | |    \          |                       |
     |              |  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 6.1.2 |                       |
     |    9.2          Mac OS X  |       |         |                       |
     |     |             10.9    |       |    OpenBSD 5.4                  |
     |     `-----.        |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.0
     |            \       |      |       |         |                       |
     *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.3 |                       |
     |   10.0      |      |      |       |         |                       |
     |     |       |      |      |       |         |               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 6.1.5 |               DragonFly 3.8.2
     |     |           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 7.1.1    |               DragonFly 5.0.2
     |     |              |     |      |           |                       |
     |     |              |     |  NetBSD 7.1.2    |                       |
     |     |              |     |      |           |                       |
     |     |              |     |      |      OpenBSD 6.3                  |
     |     |              |  NetBSD    |           |               DragonFly 5.2.0
     |     |              |    8.0     |           |                       |
     |     |              |     |      |           |               DragonFly 5.2.1
     |     |              |     |      |           |                       |
     |     |              |     |      |           |               DragonFly 5.2.2
     |  FreeBSD           |     |  NetBSD 7.2      |                       |
     |   11.2             |     |      |           |                       |
     |     v              |     |      |           |                       |
     |                    |     |      v           |                       |
    FreeBSD 12 -current   | NetBSD -current   OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
     |                    |     |                  |                       |
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