Operating Date first

Platform Developer
system released

AIX and AIXL Unix and Linux Various IBM

history.

AmigaOS Currently no Amiga Commodore

AmigaOS
history.

BSD Unix and Linux Various BSD

history.

Caldera Linux Unix and Linux Various SCO

history.

Corel Linux Unix and Linux Various Corel

history.

Debian Linux Unix and Linux Various GNU

history.

DUnix Unix and Linux Various Digital

history.

DYNIX/ptx Unix and Linux Various IBM

history.

HP-UX Unix and Linux Various Hewlett

history. Packard

IRIX Unix and Linux Various SGI

history.

Kondara Unix and Linux Various Kondara

Linux history.

Linux Unix and Linux Various Linus

history. Torvalds
MAC OS 8 Apple operating Apple Apple
system history. Macintosh

MAC OS 9 Apple operating Apple Apple

system history. Macintosh

MAC OS 10 Apple operating Apple Apple

system history. Macintosh

MAC OS X Apple operating Apple Apple

system history. Macintosh

Mandrake Unix and Linux Various Mandrake

Linux history.

MINIX Unix and Linux Various MINIX

history.

MS-DOS 1.x MS-DOS IBM Microsoft

history.

MS-DOS 2.x MS-DOS IBM Microsoft

history.

MS-DOS 3.x MS-DOS IBM Microsoft

history.

MS-DOS 4.x MS-DOS IBM Microsoft

history.

MS-DOS 5.x MS-DOS IBM Microsoft

history.

MS-DOS 6.x MS-DOS IBM Microsoft

history.

NEXTSTEP Apple operating Various Apple

system history.
OSF/1 Unix and Linux Various OSF
history.

QNX Unix and Linux Various QNX

history.

Red Hat Unix and Linux Various Red Hat

Linux history.

SCO Unix and Linux Various SCO

history.

Slackware Unix and Linux Various Slackware

Linux history.

Sun Solaris Unix and Linux Various Sun

history.

SuSE Linux Unix and Linux Various SuSE

history.

System 1 Apple operating Apple Apple

system history. Macintosh

System 2 Apple operating Apple Apple

system history. Macintosh

System 3 Apple operating Apple Apple

system history. Macintosh

System 4 Apple operating Apple Apple

system history. Macintosh

System 6 Apple operating Apple Apple

system history. Macintosh

System 7 Apple operating Apple Apple

system history. Macintosh
System V Unix and Linux Various System V
history.

Tru64 Unix Unix and Linux Various Digital

history.

Turbolinux Unix and Linux Various Turbolinux

history.

Ultrix Unix and Linux Various Ultrix

history.

Unisys Unix and Linux Various Unisys

history.

Unix Unix and Linux Various Bell labs

history.

UnixWare Unix and Linux Various UnixWare

history.

VectorLinux Unix and Linux Various VectorLinux

history.

Windows Microsoft IBM Microsoft

2000 Windows
history.

Windows Microsoft IBM Microsoft

2003 Windows
history.

Windows 3.X Microsoft IBM Microsoft

Windows
history.

Windows 8 Microsoft IBM Microsoft

Windows
history.
Windows 7 Microsoft IBM Microsoft
Windows
history.

Windows 95 Microsoft IBM Microsoft

Windows
history.

Windows 98 Microsoft IBM Microsoft

Windows
history.

Windows CE Microsoft PDA Microsoft

Windows
history.

Windows ME Microsoft IBM Microsoft

Windows
history.

Windows NT Microsoft IBM Microsoft

Windows
history.

Windows Microsoft IBM Microsoft

Vista Windows
history.

Windows XP Microsoft IBM Microsoft

Windows
history.

Xenix Unix and Linux Various Microsoft

history.

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