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Visual Map of Unix history

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the are-you-confused-yet? dept.

psychosis writes "A friend pointed me towards this site that has a really interesting diagram of the History of Unix. It shows where all the development splits occured, recombined, and dissolved into the ether. The diagram is available in several different formats (html, pdf, and PS), so all can enjoy!"

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  1. Wow. I like it... by rho · · Score: 5

    ...especially the part where Minix is just coasting along, and then... "Look! that little line poking out. Whazzit say? Linux 0.0.1?"

    Kinda makes you proud.

    It interesting to see how Linux progresses as compared to, say, Irix. Linux progresses, and each branch (from kernel 2.0 to 2.1) is the "new" Linux, with the old branch dying off, while Irix runs in a straight, continuous line.

    Looks kinda Darwinian, in fact. If I may make a poor analogy, it's like the difference between balancing a pole on it's end, and balancing a tripod.

    I'm still scared of the person that took the time to put that together, though...

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    Potato chips are a by-yourself food.
  2. UNIX History Graphing Project by eMBee · · Score: 5
    you may also want to check out the UNIX History Graphing Project which uses Graphviz to create the graph from ascii data files. the advantage is, you can calculate the graph on your machine if you want and easely add data and thus contribute to the project.

    here is the source for the first linux kernels:
    linux0.1
    Name: Linux 0.1
    Date: 1991-09-17
    Reference: http://www.memalpha.cx/Linux/Kernel/Master.html
    Influenced by minix1.5.10

    linux0.2
    Name: Linux 0.3
    Date: 1991-10-05
    Reference: a printed calendar
    Successor to linux0.1

    greetings, eMBee.
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    Gnu is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX
  3. Windows History, and computer languages history by drivers · · Score: 5

    Also very interesting, chart of the history of computer languages:
    http://perso.wanadoo.fr/levenez/lang/

    And not as complicated, history of DOS and Windows:
    http://perso.wanadoo.fr/levenez/windows/