Timeline of operating systems
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This article presents a timeline of events in the history of computer operating systems from 1951 to the current day. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the History of operating systems.
1950s[]
- 1951
- 1955
- MIT's Tape Director operating system made for UNIVAC 1103[2][3]
- 1955
- made for IBM 701[4]
- 1956
- GM-NAA I/O for IBM 704, based on General Motors Operating System
- 1957
- Atlas Supervisor (Manchester University) (Atlas computer project start)
- BESYS (Bell Labs), for IBM 704, later IBM 7090 and IBM 7094
- 1958
- University of Michigan Executive System (UMES), for IBM 704, 709, and 7090
- 1959
- SHARE Operating System (SOS), based on GM-NAA I/O
1960s[]
- 1960
- IBSYS (IBM for its 7090 and 7094)
- 1961
- CTSS demonstration (MIT's Compatible Time-Sharing System for the IBM 7094)
- MCP (Burroughs Master Control Program)
- 1962
- Atlas Supervisor (Manchester University) (Atlas computer commissioned)
- BBN Time-Sharing System
- GCOS (GE's General Comprehensive Operating System, originally GECOS, General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor)
- 1963
- AN/FSQ-32, another early time-sharing system begun
- CTSS becomes operational (MIT's Compatible Time-Sharing System for the IBM 7094)
- JOSS, an interactive time-shared system that did not distinguish between operating system and language
- Titan Supervisor, early time-sharing system begun
- 1964
- KDF9 Timesharing Director (English Electric) – an early, fully hardware secured, fully pre-emptive process switching, multi-programming operating system for KDF9 (originally announced in 1960)
- Berkeley Timesharing System (for Scientific Data Systems' SDS 940)
- Dartmouth Time Sharing System (Dartmouth College's DTSS for GE computers)
- OS/360 (IBM's primary OS for its S/360 series) (announced)
- SCOPE (CDC 3000 series)
- PDP-6 Monitor (DEC) descendant renamed TOPS-10 in 1970
- EXEC 8 (UNIVAC)
- 1965
- THE multiprogramming system (Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven) development
- Multics (MIT, GE, Bell Labs for the GE-645) (announced)
- BOS/360 (IBM's Basic Operating System)
- TOS/360 (IBM's Tape Operating System)
- TSOS (later VMOS) (RCA)
- Pick operating system
- 1966
- 1967
- CP-40, predecessor to CP-67 on modified IBM System/360 Model 40
- CP-67 (IBM, also known as CP/CMS)
- Michigan Terminal System (MTS)[5] (time-sharing system for the IBM S/360-67 and successors)
- ITS (MIT's Incompatible Timesharing System for the DEC PDP-6 and PDP-10)
- ORVYL (Stanford University's time-sharing system for the IBM S/360)
- TSS/360 (IBM's Time-sharing System for the S/360-67, never officially released, canceled in 1969 and again in 1971)
- OS/360 MVT
- WAITS (SAIL, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, time-sharing system for DEC PDP-6 and PDP-10, later TOPS-10)
- 1968
- Airline Control Program (ACP) (IBM)
- THE multiprogramming system (Eindhoven University of Technology) publication
- TSS/8 (DEC for the PDP-8)
- 1969
- TENEX (Bolt, Beranek and Newman for DEC systems, later TOPS-20)
- Unics (later Unix) (AT&T, initially on DEC computers)
- RC 4000 Multiprogramming System (RC)
- Multics (MIT, GE, Bell Labs for the GE-645 and later the Honeywell 6180) (opened for paying customers in October[6])
- GEORGE 3 For ICL 1900 series
1970s[]
- 1970
- DOS-11 (PDP-11)
- 1971
- 1972
- Data General RDOS
- Edos
- Operating System/Virtual Storage 1 (OS/VS1)
- Operating System/Virtual Storage 2 R1 (OS/VS2 SVS)
- Virtual Machine Facility/370 (VM/370), sometimes known as VM/CMS
- Virtual Machine/Basic System Extensions Program Product (BSEPP or VM/SE)
- Virtual Machine/System Extensions Program Product (SEPP or VM/BSE)
- MUSIC/SP
- PRIMOS (written in FORTRAN IV, that didn't have pointers, while later versions, around version 18, written in a version of PL/I, called PL/P)
- 1973
- 1974
- DOS-11 V09-20C (Last stable release, June 1974)
- Sintran III
- MONECS
- Multi-Programming Executive (MPE) – Hewlett-Packard
- Hydra[7] – capability-based, multiprocessing OS kernel
- Operating System/Virtual Storage 2 R2 (MVS)
- 1975
- CP/M
- BS2000 V2.0 (First released version)
- Version 6 Unix
- 1976
- Cambridge CAP computer[8] – all operating system procedures written in ALGOL 68C, with some closely associated protected procedures in BCPL
- Cray Operating System
- FLEX[9]
- TOPS-20
- Tandem Nonstop OS v1
- 1977
- 1BSD
- KERNAL
- OASIS operating system
- TRSDOS
- Virtual Memory System (VMS) V1.0 (Initial commercial release, October 25)
- 1978
- 1979
1980s[]
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- Commodore DOS
- LDOS (By Logical Systems, Inc. – for the Radio Shack TRS-80 Models I, II & III)
- QNX
- Sun UNIX (later SunOS) 0.7
- Ultrix
- Stratus VOS[16]
- Unix System III
- pSOS
- 1983
- 1984
- AMSDOS
- Mac OS (System 1.0)
- MSX-DOS
- PC/IX
- Sinclair QDOS
- QNX
- UNICOS
- Venix 2.0
- Virtual Machine/Extended Architecture Migration Assistance (VM/XA MA)
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- Topaz[21] – semi-distributed OS for DEC Firefly workstation written in Modula-2+ and garbage collected
- Arthur (much improved version came in 1989 under the name RISC OS)
- IRIX (3.0 is first SGI version)
- MINIX 1.0
- BS2000 V9.0
- OS/2 (1.0)
- PC-MOS/386
- Windows 2.0
- 1988
- A/UX (Apple Computer)
- AOS/VS II (Data General)
- RISC iX
- KeyKOS – capability-based microkernel for IBM mainframes with automated persistence of app data
- LynxOS
- CP/M rebranded as DR-DOS
- Mac OS (System 6)
- MVS/System Product V3 (MVS/Enterprise Systems Architecture, MVS/ESA)
- OS/2 (1.1)
- OS/400
- SpartaDOS X
- SunOS 4.0
- TOPS-10 7.04 (Last stable release, July 1988)
- HeliOS 1.0
- VAX VMM[22] – TCSEC A1-class, VMM for VAX computers (limited use before cancellation)
- Flex machine – tagged, capability machine with OS and other software written in ALGOL 68RS
- Virtual Machine/Extended Architecture System Product (VM/XA SP)
- 1989
- EPOC
- NeXTSTEP (1.0)
- OS/2 (1.2)
- RISC OS (First release was to be called Arthur 2, but was renamed to RISC OS 2, and was first sold as RISC OS 2.00 in April 1989)
- SCO UNIX (Release 3)
- TSX-32
- Version 10 Unix
- Xenix 2.3.4 (Last stable release)
- Army Secure Operating System (ASOS)[23] – TCSEC A1-class secure, real-time OS for Ada applications
1990s[]
- 1990
- 1991
- Linux 0.01-0.1
- Mac OS (System 7)
- MINIX 1.5
- PenPoint OS
- RISC OS 3[25]
- Trusted Xenix[26] – rewritten & security enhanced Xenix evaluated at TCSEC B2-class
- Amoeba – microkernel-based, POSIX-compliant, distributed OS
- 1992
- 386BSD 0.1
- BSD/386, by BSDi and later known as BSD/OS.
- AmigaOS 3.0
- Amiga Unix 2.01 (Latest stable release)
- RSTS/E 10.1 (Last stable release, September 1992)
- SLS
- Solaris 2.0 (Successor to SunOS 4.x; based on SVR4 instead of BSD)
- OpenVMS V1.0 (First OpenVMS AXP (Alpha) specific version, November 1992)
- OS/2 2.0 (First i386 32-bit based version)
- Plan 9 First Edition (First public release was made available to universities)
- Windows 3.1
- LGX
- 1993
- FreeBSD
- NetBSD
- Newton OS
- Windows NT 3.1 (First Windows NT kernel public release)
- Open Genera 1.0
- IBM 4690 Operating System
- Novell NetWare 4
- OS/2 2.1
- Slackware 1.0
- Spring
- 1994
- AIX 4.0, 4.1
- IBM MVS/ESA SP Version 5
- OS/2 3.0
- RISC OS 3.5
- NetBSD 1.0 (First multi-platform release, October 1994)
- SPIN – extensible OS written in Modula-3
- Red Hat
- 1995
- Digital UNIX (aka Tru64 UNIX)
- OpenBSD
- OS/390
- Plan 9 Second Edition (Commercial second release version was made available to the general public.)
- Ultrix 4.5 (Last major release)
- Windows 95
- 1996
- Mac OS 7.6 (First officially-named Mac OS)
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows CE 1.0
- RISC OS 3.6
- AIX 4.2
- OS/2 4.0
- Palm OS
- Debian 1.1
- JN[27] – microkernel OS for embedded, Java apps
- 1997
- Inferno
- Mac OS 8
- Windows CE 2.0
- SkyOS
- MINIX 2.0
- RISC OS 3.7
- AIX 4.3
- DR-WebSpyder 1.0
- Nemesis[28]
- 1998
- Solaris 7 (first 64-bit Solaris release – names from this point drop "2.", otherwise would've been Solaris 2.7)
- Windows 98
- RT-11 5.7 (Last stable release, October 1998)
- Novell NetWare 5
- Junos
- DR-WebSpyder 2.0
- 1999
2000s[]
Year–month | Windows | Apple | BSD | Linux | Others |
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2000–01 | |||||
2000–02 | Windows 2000[30] | Solaris 8 | |||
2000–03 | FreeBSD 4.0 | Red Hat Linux 6.2E | AtheOS BeOS R5 | ||
2000–04 | Pocket PC 2000 | ||||
2000–05 | |||||
2000–06 | Windows CE 3.0 | OpenBSD 2.7 | Plan 9 Third Edition[31] | ||
2000–07 | Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 | OS/400 V4R5 | |||
2000–08 | Debian 2.2 | MorphOS 0.1[32] | |||
2000–09 | Windows Millennium Edition[33] | Mac OS X Public Beta | SUSE Linux 7.0 | ||
2000–10 | z/OS z/VM MorphOS 0.2 | ||||
2000–11 | |||||
2000–12 | NetBSD 1.5 OpenBSD 2.8 |
AmigaOS 3.9[34] HP-UX 11i | |||
2001–01 | |||||
2001–02 | MorphOS 0.4[35] | ||||
2001–03 | Mac OS X Cheetah (v10.0) | ||||
2001–04 | |||||
2001–05 | Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 | AIX 5L 5.1 OS/400 V5R1 | |||
2001–06 | OpenBSD 2.9 | ||||
2001–07 | eComStation 1.0 | ||||
2001–08 | Haiku[36] | ||||
2001–09 | Mac OS X Puma (v10.1) | ||||
2001–10 | Pocket PC 2002 Windows XP[37] Windows XP 64-bit Edition 2002[38] |
Novell NetWare 6.0 | |||
2001–11 | |||||
2001–12 | OpenBSD 3.0 | OS/2 4.52 | |||
2002–01 | Windows CE 4.x | JX microkernel for Java Sanos microkernel[39] for net appliances K42 microkernel for NUMA machines | |||
2002–02 | |||||
2002–03 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS | ||||
2002–04 | SUSE Linux 8.0 | Plan 9 Fourth Edition[40] | |||
2002–05 | OpenBSD 3.1 | Solaris 9 (SPARC) | |||
2002–06 | |||||
2002–07 | Debian 3.0 | Syllable 0.4.0[41] | |||
2002–08 | Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 | Mac OS X Jaguar[42] (v10.2) | OS/400 V5R2 | ||
2002–09 | Windows XP Service Pack 1 | NetBSD 1.6 | |||
2002–10 | AIX 5.2 | ||||
2002–11 | OpenBSD 3.2 | MorphOS 1.0 | |||
2002–12 | MorphOS 1.1 | ||||
2003–01 | FreeBSD 5.0 | Solaris 9 (x86) JNode[43] – JavaOS successor | |||
2003–02 | MorphOS 1.2 ReactOS 0.1.0 | ||||
2003–03 | Windows XP 64-bit Edition 2003[44] | MorphOS 1.3 | |||
2003–04 | Windows Server 2003 | eComStation 1.1 | |||
2003–05 | OpenBSD 3.3 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES | |||
2003–06 | Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Windows Mobile 2003 |
OpenVMS 8.0 | |||
2003–07 | |||||
2003–08 | Novell NetWare 6.5 MorphOS 1.4 | ||||
2003–09 | HP-UX 11i v2 | ||||
2003–10 | Mac OS X Panther (v10.3) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 SUSE Linux 9.0 |
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2003–11 | OpenBSD 3.4 | Fedora Core 1 | |||
2003–12 | Linux 2.6.0[45] | ||||
2004–01 | Linux 2.6.1 | ReactOS 0.2.0 | |||
2004–02 | Linux 2.6.2, 2.6.3 | ||||
2004–03 | Linux 2.6.4 | ReactOS 0.2.1 | |||
2004–04 | Linux 2.6.5 | ReactOS 0.2.2 | |||
2004–05 | OpenBSD 3.5 | Linux 2.6.6 Fedora Core 2 |
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2004–06 | i5/OS V5R3 ReactOS 0.2.3 | ||||
2004–07 | DragonFly BSD 1.0 | ||||
2004–08 | Windows CE 5.x Windows XP Service Pack 2 |
Linux 2.6.8 | AIX 5.3 eComStation 1.2 | ||
2004–09 | ReactOS 0.2.4 | ||||
2004–10 | Linux 2.6.9 Ubuntu 4.10 |
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2004–11 | OpenBSD 3.6 | Fedora Core 3 | |||
2004–12 | NetBSD 2.0 | Linux 2.6.10 | |||
2005–01 | Solaris 10 ReactOS 0.2.5 | ||||
2005–02 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | OpenVMS 8.2 | |||
2005–03 | Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition |
Linux 2.6.11 Novell Open Enterprise Server |
MorphOS 1.4.4 | ||
2005–04 | Mac OS X Tiger (v10.4) | DragonFly BSD 1.2 | Ubuntu 5.04 | ReactOS 0.2.6 MorphOS 1.4.5 | |
2005–05 | Windows Mobile 5.0 | OpenBSD 3.7 | |||
2005–06 | Linux 2.6.12 Fedora Core 4 Debian 3.1 |
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2005–07 | |||||
2005–08 | Linux 2.6.13 | ReactOS 0.2.7 MorphOS 1.4.5 Classic | |||
2005–09 | |||||
2005–10 | Linux 2.6.14 Ubuntu 5.10 SUSE Linux 10.0 |
ReactOS 0.2.8 | |||
2005–11 | FreeBSD 6.0 OpenBSD 3.8 |
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2005–12 | NetBSD 3.0 | ReactOS 0.2.9 | |||
2006–01 | DragonFly BSD 1.4 | Linux 2.6.15 | i5/OS V5R4 Solaris 10 1/06 | ||
2006–02 | |||||
2006–03 | Windows Server 2003 R2 | Linux 2.6.16 Fedora Core 5 |
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2006–04 | |||||
2006–05 | OpenBSD 3.9 | SymbOS MINIX 3.1.2 | |||
2006–06 | Linux 2.6.17 Ubuntu 6.06 (LTS) |
Solaris 10 6/06 | |||
2006–07 | DragonFly BSD 1.6 | ||||
2006–08 | BS2000/OSD v7.0[46] ReactOS 0.3.0 | ||||
2006–09 | Windows CE 6.0 | Linux 2.6.18 | FreeDOS 1.0 OpenVMS 8.3 | ||
2006–10 | Fedora Core 6 Ubuntu 6.10 Slackware 11.0 |
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2006–11 | Windows Vista | OpenBSD 4.0 | Linux 2.6.19 | AmigaOS 4.0 Solaris 10 11/06 | |
2006–12 | |||||
2007–01 | DragonFly BSD 1.8 | Bharat Operating System Solutions | |||
2007–02 | Windows Mobile 6.0 | Linux 2.6.20 | Inferno Fourth Edition | ||
2007–03 | Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ReactOS 0.3.1 | ||
2007–04 | Linux 2.6.21 Ubuntu 7.04 Debian 4.0 |
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2007–05 | iPhone OS 1 | OpenBSD 4.1 | Fedora 7 | ||
2007–06 | |||||
2007–07 | Linux 2.6.22 Slackware 12.0 |
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2007–08 | DragonFly BSD 1.10 | Solaris 10 8/07 | |||
2007–09 | iPhone OS 1.1 | HP-UX 11i v3 ReactOS 0.3.3 | |||
2007–10 | Mac OS X Leopard (v10.5) | Linux 2.6.23 Ubuntu 7.10 |
OpenVMS 8.3-1H1 | ||
2007–11 | Windows Home Server | OpenBSD 4.2 | Fedora 8 gOS |
AIX 6.1, | |
2007–12 | NetBSD 4.0 | ||||
2008–01 | Linux 2.6.24 | ReactOS 0.3.4 | |||
2008–02 | Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Windows Server 2008 |
DragonFly BSD 1.12 FreeBSD 7.0 |
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2008–03 | IBM i 6.1 Singularity 1.1 | ||||
2008–04 | Windows Mobile 6.1 Windows XP Service Pack 3 |
Linux 2.6.25 Ubuntu 8.04 (LTS) |
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2008–05 | OpenBSD 4.3 | Fedora 9 Slackware 12.1 |
Solaris 10 5/08 OpenSolaris 2008.05 BS2000/OSD v8.0A | ||
2008–06 | SUSE Linux 11.0 | MorphOS 2.0 ReactOS 0.3.5 | |||
2008–07 | iPhone OS 2 | DragonFly BSD 2.0 | Linux 2.6.26 | ||
2008–08 | STOP 6.5 ReactOS 0.3.6 | ||||
2008–09 | iPhone OS 2.1 | AmigaOS 4.1 z/OS V1R10 MorphOS 2.1 | |||
2008–10 | Linux 2.6.27 Ubuntu 8.10 Android 1.0 |
Solaris 10 10/08 OKL4 3.0 | |||
2008–11 | iPhone OS 2.2 | OpenBSD 4.4 | Fedora 10 | Singularity 2.0 ReactOS 0.3.7 Genode 8.11[47] | |
2008–12 | Linux 2.6.28 Slackware 12.2 |
MorphOS 2.2 OpenSolaris 2008.11 | |||
2009–01 | |||||
2009–02 | DragonFly BSD 2.2 | Debian 5.0 Android 1.1 |
ReactOS 0.3.8 | ||
2009–03 | Linux 2.6.29 | ||||
2009–04 | NetBSD 5.0 | Ubuntu 9.04 Android 1.5 |
ReactOS 0.3.9 | ||
2009–05 | Windows Mobile 6.5 Windows Vista Service Pack 2 |
OpenBSD 4.5 | Solaris 10 5/09 | ||
2009–06 | iPhone OS 3 | Linux 2.6.30 Fedora 11 Palm webOS 1 |
AmigaOS 4.1 OpenSolaris 2009.06 | ||
2009–07 | ReactOS 0.3.10 | ||||
2009–08 | Mac OS X Snow Leopard (v10.6) | Slackware 13.0 | MorphOS 2.3 | ||
2009–09 | iPhone OS 3.1 | DragonFly BSD 2.4 | Linux 2.6.31 Android 1.6 |
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2009–10 | Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 |
OpenBSD 4.6 | Ubuntu 9.10 Android 2.0 |
Solaris 10 10/09 MorphOS 2.4 | |
2009–11 | FreeBSD 8.0 | Fedora 12 openSUSE 11.2 |
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2009–12 | Linux 2.6.32 | ReactOS 0.3.11 |
2010s[]
Year–month | Windows | Apple | BSD | Linux | Others |
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2010–01 | Android 2.1 | AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 1 | |||
2010–02 | Linux 2.6.33 | ||||
2010–03 | |||||
2010–04 | iPhone OS 3.2 | DragonFly BSD 2.6 | Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS) | AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 2 IBM i 7.1 | |
2010–05 | OpenBSD 4.7 | Linux 2.6.34 Fedora 13 Android 2.2 |
eComStation 2.0 | ||
2010–06 | iOS 4 | MorphOS 2.5 OpenVMS 8.4 | |||
2010–07 | openSUSE 11.3 | ||||
2010–08 | Linux 2.6.35 | ||||
2010–09 | iOS 4.1 | Solaris 10 9/10 AIX 7.1 | |||
2010–10 | Windows Phone 7 | DragonFly BSD 2.8 | Linux 2.6.36 Fedora 14 Ubuntu 10.10 |
MorphOS 2.6 ReactOS 0.3.12 | |
2010–11 | iOS 4.2 | NetBSD 5.1 OpenBSD 4.8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ||
2010–12 | Android 2.3 | MorphOS 2.7 | |||
2011–01 | Linux 2.6.37 | ||||
2011–02 | Windows 7 Service Pack 1 | Debian 6.0 Android 3.0 |
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2011–03 | Windows CE 7.0 | iOS 4.3 | Linux 2.6.38 openSUSE 11.4 |
ReactOS 0.3.13 | |
2011–04 | Windows Home Server 2011 | DragonFly BSD 2.10 | Ubuntu 11.04 Slackware 13.37 |
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2011–05 | OpenBSD 4.9 | Linux 2.6.39 Fedora 15 Android 3.1 |
AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 1 (for Classic) eComStation 2.1 | ||
2011–06 | iOS 5 | Google Chrome OS (first shipped) | 9front | ||
2011–07 | Mac OS X Lion (v10.7) | Linux 3.0 Android 3.2 HP webOS 3 |
AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 3 | ||
2011–08 | |||||
2011–09 | Windows Phone 7.5 | ||||
2011–10 | Linux 3.1 Ubuntu 11.10 Android 4.0 |
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2011–11 | OpenBSD 5.0 | Fedora 16 openSUSE 12.1 |
Solaris 11 11/11 | ||
2011–12 | AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 4 | ||||
2012–01 | FreeBSD 9.0 | Linux 3.2 | FreeDOS 1.1 | ||
2012–02 | DragonFly BSD 3.0 | ReactOS 0.3.14 Minix 3.2 | |||
2012–03 | iOS 5.1 | Linux 3.3 Android 4.0.4 |
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2012–04 | Ubuntu 12.04 (LTS) | ||||
2012–05 | OpenBSD 5.1 | Linux 3.4 Fedora 17 |
DexOS | ||
2012–06 | BS2000/OSD 9.0 MorphOS 3.0 | ||||
2012–07 | OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8) | Linux 3.5 Android 4.1 openSUSE 12.2 |
MorphOS 3.1 AmigaOS 4.1 Upd. 5 | ||
2012–08 | |||||
2012–09 | Windows Server 2012 | iOS 6 | Linux 3.6 Slackware 14.0 Qubes OS |
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2012–10 | Windows 8 Windows Phone 8 |
NetBSD 6.0 OpenBSD 5.2 |
Ubuntu 12.10 | Solaris 11.1 | |
2012–11 | DragonFly BSD 3.2 | Android 4.2 | Haiku R1 Alpha 4 | ||
2012–12 | FreeBSD 9.1 | ||||
2013–01 | iOS 6.1 | Fedora 18 | BlackBerry 10 Solaris 10 1/13 | ||
2013–02 | Windows Phone 7.8 | ||||
2013–03 | openSUSE 12.3 | ||||
2013–04 | DragonFly BSD 3.4 | Linux 3.9 Ubuntu 13.04 |
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2013–05 | NetBSD 6.1 OpenBSD 5.3 |
Debian 7.0 | ReactOS 0.3.15 MorphOS 3.2 | ||
2013–06 | Windows CE 8.0 (2013) | Linux 3.10 | |||
2013–07 | Fedora 19 Android 4.3 |
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2013–08 | |||||
2013–09 | iOS 7 | FreeBSD 9.2 | Linux 3.11 | MorphOS 3.3 z/OS Version 2.1 | |
2013–10 | Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2012 R2 |
OS X Mavericks (v10.9) | Ubuntu 13.10 | ||
2013–11 | DragonFly BSD 3.6 OpenBSD 5.4 |
Fedora 19 Slackware 14.1 openSUSE 13.1 Android 4.4 Linux 3.12 |
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2013–12 | Fedora 20 | MorphOS 3.4 Muen[48] separation kernel | |||
2014–01 | FreeBSD 10.0 | Linux 3.13 | |||
2014–02 | ReactOS 0.3.16 MorphOS 3.5 | ||||
2014–03 | iOS 7.1 | Linux 3.14 | |||
2014–04 | Windows Phone 8.1 | Ubuntu 14.04 (LTS) | Solaris 11.2 | ||
2014–05 | OpenBSD 5.5 | ||||
2014–06 | DragonFly BSD 3.8 | Linux 3.15 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
MorphOS 3.6 | ||
2014–07 | |||||
2014–08 | Linux 3.16 | MorphOS 3.7 | |||
2014–09 | iOS 8 | Minix 3.3 | |||
2014–10 | OS X Yosemite (v10.10) iOS 8.1 |
Ubuntu 14.10 Linux 3.17 |
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2014–11 | OpenBSD 5.6 FreeBSD 10.1 DragonFly BSD 4.0 |
openSUSE 13.2 Android 5.0 |
IBM i 7.2 ReactOS 0.3.17 | ||
2014–12 | Linux 3.18 | ||||
2015–01 | |||||
2015–02 | Linux 3.19 | ||||
2015–03 | iOS 8.2 | ||||
2015–04 | iOS 8.3 watchOS 1 |
Linux 4.0 Debian 8.0 Ubuntu 15.04 |
Redox OS | ||
2015–05 | BS2000/OSD 10.0 | ||||
2015–06 | iOS 8.4 | Linux 4.1 | MorphOS 3.9 | ||
2015–07 | Windows 10 (1507) | ||||
2015–08 | FreeBSD 10.2 | Linux 4.2 | |||
2015–09 | OS X El Capitan (v10.11) iOS 9 watchOS 2 |
NetBSD 7.0 | z/OS Version 2.2[49] | ||
2015–10 | iOS 9.1 tvOS9 |
Android 6.0 Ubuntu 15.10 |
AIX 7.2 [50] Solaris 11.3[51] | ||
2015–11 | Windows 10 November Update (1511) Windows 10 Mobile (1511) |
tvOS9.1 | Linux 4.3 openSUSE Leap 42.1 |
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2015–12 | iOS 9.2 watchOS 2.1 tvOS9.2 |
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2016–01 | Linux 4.4 | Minix 3.4 | |||
2016–02 | ReactOS 0.4 | ||||
2016–03 | iOS 9.3 watchOS 2.2 tvOS9.3 |
OpenBSD 5.9 FreeBSD 10.3 |
Linux 4.5 | ||
2016–04 | Ubuntu 16.04 | IBM i 7.3 ReactOS 0.4.1 | |||
2016–05 | Linux 4.6 | ||||
2016–06 | Slackware 14.2 Fedora 24 Linux Mint 18 |
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2016–07 | Linux 4.7 | ||||
2016–08 | Windows 10 Anniversary Update (1607) Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update (1607) |
DragonFly BSD 4.6 | Android 7.0 | ReactOS 0.4.2 | |
2016–09 | Windows Server 2016 (1607) | macOS Sierra (v10.12) iOS 10 watchOS 3 tvOS10 |
OpenBSD 6.0 | Linux 4.8 | |
2016–10 | iOS 10.1 watchOS 3.1 |
NetBSD 7.0.2 FreeBSD 11.0 |
Android 7.1 Ubuntu 16.10 |
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2016–11 | Oracle Linux 7.3 Fedora 25 openSUSE Leap 42.2 |
ReactOS 0.4.3 | |||
2016–12 | iOS 10.2 tvOS10.1 |
Linux 4.9 Linux Mint 18.1 |
FreeDOS 1.2 | ||
2017–01 | |||||
2017–02 | Linux 4.10 | ReactOS 0.4.4 | |||
2017–03 | iOS 10.3 watchOS 3.2 tvOS10.2 |
DragonFly BSD 4.8 NetBSD 7.1 |
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2017–04 | Windows 10 Creators Update (1703) Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update (1703) |
OpenBSD 6.1 | Linux 4.11 Ubuntu 17.04 |
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2017–05 | ReactOS 0.4.5 ArcaOS 5.0.0 | ||||
2017–06 | Debian 9.0 Fedora 26 |
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2017–07 | Linux 4.12 openSUSE Leap 42.3 |
BS2000/OSD 11.0 ArcaOS 5.0.1 | |||
2017–08 | Android 8.0 | ||||
2017–09 | macOS High Sierra (v10.13) iOS 11 watchOS 4 tvOS11 |
Linux 4.13 | ReactOS 0.4.6 | ||
2017–10 | Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709) Windows 10 Mobile Fall Creators Update (1709) Windows Server 2016 Fall Creators Update (1709) |
iOS 11.1 watchOS 4.1 tvOS11.1 |
OpenBSD 6.2 DragonFly BSD 5.0 |
Ubuntu 17.10 | |
2017–11 | Linux 4.14 Fedora 27 |
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2017–12 | iOS 11.2 watchOS 4.2 tvOS11.2 |
Android 8.1 | ReactOS 0.4.7 | ||
2018–01 | Linux 4.15 | ||||
2018–02 | ArcaOS 5.0.2 | ||||
2018–03 | iOS 11.3 watchOS 4.3 tvOS11.3 |
NetBSD 7.1.2 | Genode Sculpt EA | ||
2018–04 | Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803) | OpenBSD 6.3 DragonFly BSD 5.2 |
Linux 4.16 Ubuntu 18.04 (LTS) |
ReactOS 0.4.8 | |
2018–05 | iOS 11.4 tvOS11.4 |
Fedora 28 openSUSE Leap 15.0 |
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2018–06 | Linux 4.17 | Genode Sculpt TC | |||
2018–07 | NetBSD 8.0 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 | ReactOS 0.4.9 | ||
2018–08 | NetBSD 7.2 | Linux 4.18 Android 9.0 |
ArcaOS 5.0.3 Solaris 11.4 | ||
2018–09 | macOS Mojave (v10.14) iOS 12 watchOS 5 tvOS12 |
Genode Sculpt VC[52] | |||
2018–10 | Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809) Windows Server 2019 (1809) |
iOS 12.1 watchOS 5.1 tvOS12.1 |
OpenBSD 6.4 | Linux 4.19 Ubuntu 18.10 Fedora 29 |
SerenityOS |
2018–11 | ReactOS 0.4.10 | ||||
2018–12 | DragonFly BSD 5.4 FreeBSD 12.0 |
Linux 4.20 | |||
2019–01 | |||||
2019–02 | |||||
2019–03 | iOS 12.2 watchOS 5.2 tvOS12.2 |
Linux 5.0 | ReactOS 0.4.11 | ||
2019–04 | Ubuntu 19.04 Fedora 30 |
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2019–05 | Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) | iOS 12.3 tvOS12.3 |
OpenBSD 6.5
NetBSD 8.1 |
Linux 5.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 openSUSE Leap 15.1 |
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2019–06 | DragonFly BSD 5.6 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 | IBM i 7.4 | ||
2019–07 | iOS 12.4 watchOS 5.3 tvOS12.4 |
Debian 10.0 Linux 5.2 |
ArcaOS 5.0.4 | ||
2019–08 | |||||
2019–09 | iOS 13 iOS 13.1 iPadOS 13.1 watchOS 6 tvOS13 |
Linux 5.3 Android 10.0 |
ReactOS 0.4.12 | ||
2019–10 | iOS 13.2 iPadOS 13.2 watchOS 6.1 macOS Catalina (v10.15) |
OpenBSD 6.6 | Ubuntu 19.10 Fedora 31 |
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2019–11 | Windows 10 November 2019 Update (1909) | FreeBSD 12.1 | Linux 5.4 | ||
2019–12 | iOS 13.3 iPadOS 13.3 |
2020s[]
Year–month | Windows | Apple | BSD | Linux | Others | |||
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2020–01 | Linux 5.5 | |||||||
2020–02 | NetBSD 9.0 | |||||||
2020–03 | iOS 13.4 iPadOS 13.4 watchOS 6.2 |
DragonFly BSD 5.8 | Linux 5.6 | |||||
2020–04 | Ubuntu 20.04 Fedora 32 |
ReactOS 0.4.13 | ||||||
2020–05 | Windows 10 May 2020 Update (2004) | iOS 13.5 iPadOS 13.5 |
OpenBSD 6.7 | OpenVMS 9.0 | ||||
2020–06 | Linux 5.7 | ArcaOS 5.0.5 Haiku R1/beta2 | ||||||
2020–07 | iOS 13.6 iPadOS 13.6 |
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2020–08 | Linux 5.8 | ArcaOS 5.0.6 | ||||||
2020–09 | iOS 13.7 iOS 14 |
Android 11 | ||||||
2020–10 | Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2) | iOS 14.1 | NetBSD 9.1 OpenBSD 6.8 FreeBSD 12.2 |
Linux 5.9 Ubuntu 20.10 |
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2020–11 | macOS Big Sur (v11.0) | |||||||
2020–12 | Linux 5.10 | |||||||
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2021–02 | ||||||||
2021–03 | ||||||||
2021–04 | FreeBSD 13.0 | |||||||
2021-05 | Windows 10 May 2021 Update (21H1) | 2021 -05 | Windows 11 October 2021 Update () | OpenBSD 6.9 DragonFly BSD 6.0 NetBSD 9.2 |
Linux 5.12 Ubuntu 21.04 |
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2021-06 | Linux 5.13 | |||||||
2021-07 | ||||||||
2021-08 | Linux 5.14 Debian 11.0 |
See also[]
- Comparison of operating systems
- List of operating systems
- Comparison of real-time operating systems
- Timeline of DOS operating systems
- Timeline of Linux distributions (Diagram 1992–2010)
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External links[]
- UNIX History – a timeline of UNIX 1969 and its descendants at present
- Concise Microsoft O.S. Timeline – a color-coded concise timeline for various Microsoft operating systems (1981–present)
- Full Form of Computer - Full Form and Working of Computers.
- Bitsavers – an effort to capture, salvage, and archive historical computer software and manuals from minicomputers and mainframes of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
- A brief history of operating systems
- Microsoft operating system time-line
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