Linux History Timeline

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  • 1968: Multics OS

  • 1971: Unix OS

  • 1972: C programming language

  • 1978: BSD

  • 1979: Version 7

  • 1982: UNIX System III

  • 1983: UNIX System V

  • 1989: SVR4

  • 1980 - 1992: Unix Wars: commercial Unix vs open Unix

  • 1990 - 2000: open/free BSD, Minix, Linux

  • 2000 - 2020: Rise of the Linux distro's

Unix OS Timeline

Unix OS Timeline

Linux OS Timeline

Linux OS Timeline