Cronologia dei sistemi operativi

Questa voce presenta una lista di sistemi operativi in ordine cronologico, dalla nascita avvenuta nel 1957 ad oggi.

Anni 195x

• 1957
  • BESYS

Anni 196x

• 1961:
  • CTSS
• 1964:
  • OS/360 (annunciato)
• 1965:
  • Multics (annunciato)
  • OS/360 (disponibile)
  • Tape Operating System (TOS)
• 1966:
  • MS/8
• 1967:
  • CP/CMS
  • ITS
  • WAITS
• 1969:
  • ACP (IBM)
  • TENEX
  • Unix

Anni 197x

• 1970:
  • DOS/BATCH 11 (PDP-11)
• 1971:
  • OS/8
• 1972:
  • MFT
  • MVT
  • RDOS
  • SVS
  • VM/CMS
• 1973:
  • Alto OS
  • RSX-11D
  • RT-11
  • VME
• 1974:
  • MVS (MVS/XA)
• 1976:
  • CP/M
  • TOPS-20
• 1977:
  • 1BSD Berkeley Software Distribution
• 1978:
  • Apple DOS 3.1 (primo sistema operativo di Apple)
  • TripOS
  • VMS
  • CPF
• 1979:
  • Apple DOS 3.2

Anni 198x

• 1980:
  • Apple DOS 3.3
  • OS-9
  • QDOS
  • SOS
  • XDE (Tajo) (Xerox Development Environment)
  • XENIX
• 1981:
  • Aegis (Primo s.o. delle workstation Apollo/DOMAIN)
  • MS-DOS
  • Xerox Star
• 1982:
  • SunOS (1.0)
  • Ultrix
• 1983:
  • Lisa OS
  • Coherent
  • ProDOS
  • GNU
• 1984:
  • Macintosh OS (System 1.0)
  • QDOS (sistema operativo del Sinclair QL)
  • QNX
  • UNICOS
• 1985:
  • AmigaOS 1.0
  • Atari TOS
  • MIPS OS
• 1986:
  • AIX
  • GS-OS
  • HP-UX
• 1987:
  • AmigaOS 1.2
  • Arthur
  • IRIX (la 3.0 è la prima versione prodotta da SGI)
  • MINIX
  • OS/2 1.0
• 1988:
  • A/UX (Apple Computer)
  • AmigaOS 1.3
  • LynxOS
  • MVS/ESA
  • OS/2 1.1
  • OS/400
• 1989:
  • NeXTSTEP 1.0
  • RISC OS
  • OS/2 1.2
  • SCO UNIX Release 3

Anni 199x

• 1990:
  • AmigaOS 2.0
  • BeOS (v1)
  • OSF/1
• 1991:
  • kernel Linux
  • OS/2 1.3
• 1992:
  • AmigaOS 2.1, 3.0
  • OS/2 2.0
  • Solaris (la 2.0 è la prima versione non chiamata "SunOS")
• 1993:
  • FreeBSD
  • NetBSD
  • Plan 9
  • OS/2 2.1
  • Slackware Linux
  • Windows NT 3.1 (prima versione di NT)
• 1994:
  • AmigaOS 3.1
  • OS/2 2.11
  • OS/2 Warp 3.0
  • Red Hat Linux
• 1995:
  • Digital UNIX
  • OpenBSD
  • OS/390
  • Windows 95
• 1996:
  • Debian GNU/Linux 1.1 Buzz e Debian 1.2 Rex
  • OS/2 Warp 4.0
  • Windows NT 4.0
• 1997:
  • Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 Bo
  • Mac OS 7.6 (primo sistema operativo ufficialmente chiamato "Mac OS")
• 1998:
  • Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 Hamm
  • Windows 98
• 1999:
  • Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Slink
  • AmigaOS 3.5
  • AROS (parte per la prima volta in modalità stand-alone)
  • Mac OS 8
  • Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)

Anni 200x

• 2000:
  • AmigaOS 3.9
  • AtheOS
  • Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 Potato
  • Mac OS 9 e Mac OS X Public Beta
  • MorphOS 0.4 (versione "free distro" per Amiga con schede PowerPC)
  • Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
  • Windows 2000
• 2001:
  • AmigaOS 4 (maggio, annunciato)
  • Mac OS X Cheetah
  • Mac OS X Puma
  • Windows XP
  • z/OS
  • Haiku (ex OpenBeOS)
• 2002:
  • AROS (interfaccia grafica nativa ZUNE)
  • Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Woody
  • Mac OS X Jaguar
  • Syllable
• 2003:
  • Mac OS X Panther
  • MorphOS 1.4.2
  • Windows Server 2003
• 2004:
  • AmigaOS 4.0 Developer PreRelease per gli AmigaOne
  • MorphOS 1.4.3
  • Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog
  • KolibriOS
• 2005:
  • Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Sarge
  • Gentoo Linux 2005.0
  • Mac OS X Tiger
  • MorphOS 1.4.4 e MorphOS 1.4.5
  • Pardus 1.0
  • SUSE Linux 10.0 OSS (openSUSE)
  • Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog e Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger
  • Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
  • YellowTAB ZETA (BeOS Clone) 1.0 (1º luglio 2005)
• 2006:
  • AmigaOS 4.0 Final
  • Pardus 2007
  • SUSE Linux 10.1 OSS (openSUSE) e openSUSE 10.2
  • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake e Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
• 2007:
  • Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Etch
  • Mac OS X Leopard
  • openSUSE 10.3
  • Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn e Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
  • Windows Vista
• 2008:
  • openSUSE 11.0 e openSUSE 11.1
  • Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron
  • Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
  • Windows Server 2008
• 2009:
  • Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny
  • openSUSE 11.2
  • Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
  • Fedora Core 11 Leonidas
  • OS X Snow Leopard
  • Windows 7
  • Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
  • Visopys0.69
  • MenuetOS

Anni 201x

• 2010:
  • Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
  • openSUSE 11.3
  • Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
• 2011:
  • Debian GNU/Linux 6 Squeeze
  • openSUSE 11.4 e openSUSE 12.1
  • OS X Lion
  • Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal
  • Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
• 2012:
  • OS X Mountain Lion
  • Fedora 17 Beefy Miracle
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin
  • openSUSE 12.2
  • Windows 8
  • Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal
• 2013:
  • Fedora 18 Spherical Cow
  • openSUSE 12.3
  • Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail e Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander
  • Debian GNU/Linux 7 Wheezy
  • OS X Mavericks
  • Parrot Security OS (da 0.2 a 0.7)
  • Windows 8.1
• 2014
  • AmigaOS V. 4.1 Final Edition
  • Gajj Linux
  • Lubit GNU/Linux 3
  • Parrot Security OS 1.0
  • Ubuntu 14.04
  • OS X Yosemite
• 2015
  • Windows 10 (versione beta disponibile dal 1º ottobre 2014) e pubblicato il 29 luglio
  • Ubuntu 15.04
  • Parrot Security OS 2.0
  • Debian GNU/Linux 8 Jessie
  • OS X El Capitan
• 2016
  • Windows Server 2016
  • AmigaOS V. 4.1 Final Edition Update 1
  • macOS Sierra
• 2017
  • MacOS 10.13 High Sierra
• 2018
  • Windows Server 2019
  • MacOS 10.14 Mojave
• 2019
  • MacOS 10.15 Catalina

Anni 202x

• 2020:
  • Haiku (sistema operativo) R1/beta2
  • MacOS 11 Big Sur
• 2021
  • Windows 11
  • MacOS 12 Monterey

Voci correlate

• Sistema operativo
• Storia dei sistemi operativi
• Lista di sistemi operativi