Release Timeline

Key dates in the Xirtux UNIX System project history. All dates refer to the transparency deck preparation date or the corresponding revision freeze date, whichever is later. Current as of: 09 JUL 2026.

09 JUL 2026 — Current Date

Revision 0.7-BETA transparency deck prepared. System in active testing with public draft distribution. Compatibility matrix reflects current support status across eight subsystems.

03 MAR 2026

Revision 0.6-BETA frozen. Kernel audit completed. xpkg(8) introduced.

14 NOV 2025

Revision 0.5-ALPHA shipped. First multi-user bootable release. Internal review cycle begins.

28 JUN 2025

Revision 0.3-PROTO achieves single-user mode boot on reference hardware. Development accelerates.

02 FEB 2025

Revision 0.2-PROTO: memory management, process scheduler, and basic VFS operational.

19 OCT 2024

Project founded. Revision 0.1-ALPHA: repository layout, build infrastructure, kernel skeleton, and operating principles ratified.

1983

Xirtus Systems Research Group incorporated as a formal research collective.

1978

Research group established. Early work on Unix system analysis and documentation begins in Windowless Computing Lab No. 4.