List of OS in BSD family

Edgar Pettijohn edgar at pettijohn-web.com
Sun Nov 12 14:23:49 UTC 2017


On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 02:59:38PM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 08:29:30 -0500, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> > I know of FreeBSD and OpenBSD as members in the BSD family of operating 
> > systems. Are there others and what are their names?
> 
> You can find out easily - without Internet access, from the
> following locally installed file:
> 
> /usr/share/misc/bsd-family-tree

+1

Never noticed this file.  Pretty neat.  I wonder if minix shouldn't be 
mentioned especially now that they are switching to netbsd userland and
packages.  I guess not entirely BSD due to the kernel and all.
 
> 
> Depending on what special "relationships" you are searching
> for ("ancestors", "siblings", "descendants"), this file will
> provide the information.
> 
> One BSD derivate you won't find in there is DEMOS, a UNIX
> operating system based on an early BSD for the K1810 family
> of computers produced in the GDR (in the 1970s/1980s). ;-)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Polytropon
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