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'''Berkeley Software Distribution''' (usually abbreviated to '''BSD''') was the series of [[UNIX]] distributions created by the [[Computer Systems Research Group‎]] at Berkeley. The CSRG put together the following releases:
  
 
== Notable releases ==
 
== Notable releases ==
  
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* [[2.11 BSD]] - A still-maintained version for PDP-11s
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* [[2.9BSD]] - For [[PDP-11]]s, the first full release from CSRG (prior releases were patches)
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* [[3 BSD|3.0 BSD]] - Derived from [[32v]], including a real virtual memory system
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* [[2.10BSD]]
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* [[2.11BSD]] - A still-maintained version for PDP-11S
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* [[3 BSD|3.0 BSD]] - A [[VAX]] version derived from [[Unix/32V]], including a real [[virtual memory]] system
 
* [[4.0 BSD]] - A vastly improved 3.0
 
* [[4.0 BSD]] - A vastly improved 3.0
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* [[4.1 BSD]] - These were mostly betas testing new filesystems & the TCP/IP protocol.
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* [[4.1 BSD]] - These were mostly betas testing new [[file system]]s & the [[TCP/IP]] [[protocol]].
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* [[4.2 BSD]] - The first shipping version of BSD with TCP/IP, FFS & termcap for the [[VAX]].
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* [[4.1a BSD]] - This included [[Bolt, Beranek, and Newman|BBN]]'s TCP/IP software
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* [[4.3 BSD]] - A version of pre-POSIX BSD, for the [[VAX]].
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* [[4.1b BSD]] - This version introduced the [[BSD Fast File System|FFS]] file system.
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* [[4.1c BSD]] - A beta of 4.2, and I think the first version of BSD sockets?
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* [[4.2 BSD]] - The first shipping version of BSD with TCP/IP, FFS & termcap for the VAX.
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* [[4.3 BSD]] - A version of pre-POSIX BSD, for the VAX.
 
* [[4.4 BSD]] - Did this version ever ship?
 
* [[4.4 BSD]] - Did this version ever ship?
 
* [[Net/1]] - The TCP/IP source, and other programs free of the AT&T copyrite
 
* [[Net/1]] - The TCP/IP source, and other programs free of the AT&T copyrite
 
* [[Net/2]] - Almost an entire release of all the source.  This was the contention in the AT&T vs CSRG lawsuit.
 
* [[Net/2]] - Almost an entire release of all the source.  This was the contention in the AT&T vs CSRG lawsuit.
 
* [[4.4 BSD Lite]] - This was the result of the aformentioned lawsuit.  This was 'lite' in that it removed the offending 6 files.
 
* [[4.4 BSD Lite]] - This was the result of the aformentioned lawsuit.  This was 'lite' in that it removed the offending 6 files.
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* [[4.4 BSD Lite2]] - the last release?
  
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==See also==
  
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* [[386BSD]] - the first Net/2 derived OS; it then spawned:
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** [[NetBSD]]
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** [[FreeBSD]]
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** [[OpenBSD]]
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* [[BSD Daemon]]
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==External links==
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* [https://www.jslite.net/notes/joy2.pdf Proposal for enhancement of UNIX on the VAX] - Berkeley's proposal to [[DARPA]] that led to 4.0 and its successors
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* [https://www.jslite.net/notes/joy1.pdf An architecture for Interprocess Communication in UNIX]
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* [http://roguelife.org/~fujita/COOKIES/HISTORY/3BSD/design.pdf Design and Implementation of the Berkeley Virtual Memory Extensions to the UNIX Operating System] - PDF, not a scan
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* [https://www.tech-insider.org/unix/research/acrobat/791204.pdf Data Structures Added in the Berkeley Virtual Memory Extensions to the UNIX Operating System] - ditto
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* [https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/opensources/book/kirkmck.html Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix: From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable] - a crisp, clear history of the BSD effort
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* [https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-berkley-software-distribution The Berkeley Software Distribution]
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* [https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree bsd family tree]
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* [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050505095249230 The Daemon, the GNU and the Penguin: Chapter 7 - BSD and the CSRG]
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[[Category: CSRG BSD]]

Latest revision as of 03:15, 19 February 2024

Berkeley Software Distribution (usually abbreviated to BSD) was the series of UNIX distributions created by the Computer Systems Research Group‎ at Berkeley. The CSRG put together the following releases:

Notable releases

  • 2.9BSD - For PDP-11s, the first full release from CSRG (prior releases were patches)
  • 2.10BSD
  • 2.11BSD - A still-maintained version for PDP-11S
  • 3.0 BSD - A VAX version derived from Unix/32V, including a real virtual memory system
  • 4.0 BSD - A vastly improved 3.0
  • 4.1 BSD - These were mostly betas testing new file systems & the TCP/IP protocol.
  • 4.1a BSD - This included BBN's TCP/IP software
  • 4.1b BSD - This version introduced the FFS file system.
  • 4.1c BSD - A beta of 4.2, and I think the first version of BSD sockets?
  • 4.2 BSD - The first shipping version of BSD with TCP/IP, FFS & termcap for the VAX.
  • 4.3 BSD - A version of pre-POSIX BSD, for the VAX.
  • 4.4 BSD - Did this version ever ship?
  • Net/1 - The TCP/IP source, and other programs free of the AT&T copyrite
  • Net/2 - Almost an entire release of all the source. This was the contention in the AT&T vs CSRG lawsuit.
  • 4.4 BSD Lite - This was the result of the aformentioned lawsuit. This was 'lite' in that it removed the offending 6 files.
  • 4.4 BSD Lite2 - the last release?

See also

External links


v • d • e UNIX Versions, Vendors and Related
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