This article presents a
timeline of
events in the history of computer
operating systems from
1954 to
2009. For a narrative
explaining the overall developments, see the
History of operating
systems.
| Date |
Windows |
Mac |
BSD |
Red Hat |
Ubuntu |
Others |
| 2000 |
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MorphOS 0.4 |
| 2000-01 |
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| 2000-02 |
Windows 2000 (first of the
Windows server operating systems to drop the 'NT'
marketing) |
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Solaris 8 |
| 2000-03 |
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FreeBSD 4.0 |
Red Hat Linux 6.2E |
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AtheOS (announced on Usenet),
BeOS R5 |
| 2000-04 |
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| 2000-05 |
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| 2000-06 |
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Plan 9 Third Edition |
| 2000-07 |
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| 2000-08 |
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Debian 2.2 |
| 2000-09 |
Windows Me (last of the Windows
9x line of operating systems to be produced and sold) |
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SUSE Linux 7.0 |
| 2000-10 |
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z/OS |
| 2000-11 |
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| 2000-12 |
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HP-UX 11i (11.11) |
| 2001 |
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Haiku (formerly
known as Open BeOS, began development), EnGarde Secure Linux |
| 2001-03 |
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Mac OS X v10.0 |
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| 2001-05 |
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AIX 5L 5.1 |
| 2001-07 |
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eComStation 1.0 (July 10) |
| 2001-08 |
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| 2001-09 |
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Mac OS X v10.1 |
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| 2001-10 |
Windows XP (succeeded Windows Me
and Windows 2000, successfully merging the 'professional' NT line
of desktop operating systems with the 'home' 9x line of operating
systems) |
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Novell NetWare 6.0 |
| 2001-11 |
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| 2001-12 |
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OS/2 4.52 (latest IBM version, released
for both desktop and server systems) |
| 2002 |
Windows XP 64-bit
Edition |
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| 2002-03 |
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Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 2.1 AS |
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| 2002-04 |
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Plan 9 Fourth Edition,
SUSE Linux 8.0 |
| 2002-05 |
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Solaris 9
(SPARC) |
| 2002-06 |
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| 2002-07 |
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Debian 3.0, Syllable 0.4.0 (first
release of Syllable) |
| 2002-08 |
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Mac OS X v10.2 |
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| 2002-09 |
Windows XP Service Pack
1 |
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| 2002-10 |
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AIX 5.2 |
| 2002-11 |
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| 2002-12 |
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MorphOS 1.0 |
| 2003-01 |
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FreeBSD 5.0 |
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Solaris 9 (x86) |
| 2003-02 |
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| 2003-03 |
Windows XP 64-bit Edition,
Version 2003 |
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| 2003-04 |
Windows Server 2003 |
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| 2003-05 |
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Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 2.1 ES |
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| 2003-06 |
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| 2003-07 |
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| 2003-08 |
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Novell NetWare 6.5 |
| 2003-09 |
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HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) |
| 2003-10 |
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Mac OS X v10.3 |
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Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3 |
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SUSE Linux 9.0 |
| 2003-11 |
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Fedora Core 1 |
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| 2003-12 |
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| 2004-03 |
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ReactOS 0.2.0 |
| 2004-04 |
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Ubuntu 4.10 (First
released version) |
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| 2004-05 |
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Fedora Core 2 |
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AmigaOS 4 (Pre-Release) |
| 2004-07 |
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DragonFly BSD 1.0 |
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| 2004-08 |
Windows XP Service Pack
2 |
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AIX 5.3 |
| 2004-11 |
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Fedora Core 3 |
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| 2004-12 |
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NetBSD 2.0 |
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| 2005-01 |
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Solaris 10 |
| 2005-02 |
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Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4 |
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| 2005-03 |
Windows Server
2003 Service Pack 1, Windows XP Professional x64
Edition |
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Novell Open Enterprise
Server |
| 2005-04 |
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Mac OS X v10.4 |
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Ubuntu 5.04 |
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| 2005-05 |
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| 2005-06 |
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Fedora Core 4 |
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Debian 3.1 |
| 2005-07 |
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| 2005-08 |
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| 2005-09 |
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| 2005-10 |
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Ubuntu 5.10 |
SUSE Linux 10.0 |
| 2005-11 |
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FreeBSD 6.0 |
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| 2005-12 |
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NetBSD 3.0 |
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| 2006-01 |
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| 2006-02 |
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| 2006-03 |
Windows Server 2003
R2 |
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Fedora Core 5 |
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| 2006-04 |
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| 2006-05 |
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SymbOS, MINIX 3.1.2
(May 8) |
| 2006-06 |
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Ubuntu 6.06 (LTS) |
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| 2006-07 |
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| 2006-08 |
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ReactOS 0.3.0 |
| 2006-09 |
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| 2006-10 |
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Fedora Core 6 |
Ubuntu 6.10 |
Slackware 11.0 |
| 2006-11 |
Windows Vista |
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AmigaOS 4.0 |
| 2006-12 |
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| 2007 |
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BS2000/OSD v7.0 |
| 2007-02 |
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Inferno Fourth
Edition (February 2) |
| 2007-03 |
Windows Server
2003 Service Pack 2 |
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Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 |
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| 2007-04 |
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Ubuntu 7.04 |
Debian 4.0 |
| 2007-05 |
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Fedora 7 |
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| 2007-07 |
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Slackware 12.0 |
| 2007-09 |
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HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) |
| 2007-10 |
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Mac OS X v10.5 |
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Ubuntu 7.10 |
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| 2007-11 |
Windows Home Server |
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Fedora 8 |
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AIX 6.1, gOS |
| 2007-12 |
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NetBSD 4.0 |
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| 2008-01 |
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| 2008-02 |
Windows Vista Service
Pack 1, Windows Server
2008 |
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FreeBSD 7.0 |
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| 2008-03 |
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Singularity 1.1
(initial public release, March 4) |
| 2008-04 |
Windows XP Service Pack
3 |
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Ubuntu 8.04 (LTS) |
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| 2008-05 |
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Fedora 9 |
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OpenSolaris 2008.05, Slackware 12.1 |
| 2008-06 |
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MorphOS 2.0, SUSE
Linux 11.0 |
| 2008-07 |
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DragonFly BSD 2.0 |
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| 2008-08 |
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STOP 6.5 |
| 2008-09 |
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AmigaOS 4.1, z/OS V1R10 |
| 2008-10 |
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Ubuntu 8.10 |
Android |
| 2008-11 |
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OpenBSD 4.4 |
Fedora 10 |
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Singularity
2.0 |
| 2008-12 |
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MorphOS 2.2, OpenSolaris 2008.11, Slackware 12.2 |
| 2009-01 |
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| 2009-02 |
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Debian 5.0 |
| 2009-03 |
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| 2009-04 |
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NetBSD 5.0 |
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Ubuntu 9.04 |
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| 2009-05 |
Windows Vista Service
Pack 2 |
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OpenBSD 4.5 |
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| 2009-06 |
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Fedora 11 |
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AmigaOS 4.1 (Quick Fix), OpenSolaris 2009.06, Palm
webOS |
| 2009-07 |
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| 2009-08 |
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Mac OS X v10.6 |
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Slackware 13.0 |
| 2009-10 |
Windows 7 |
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Ubuntu 9.10 |
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| 2009-11 |
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openSUSE 11.2 |
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