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Support for x86_64?
I meant in the sense that since NetBSD supports soooo many devices, it can also help innovation in other kernels if need be as well by being able to take driver support via its rumpkernel as well if need be
And to be honest, I feel like there is this sense of freedom knowing that you can have a system which is portable, if some script can run on my pc on netbsd, chances are if its not too specific, it could run on your pc or even your toaster lol!
https://laughingsquid.com/netbsd-toaster/
Netbsd can run on any device possible and I really appreciate it.
>Surely the project has to have more selling points than "can be compiled with a single script."
Personally I have only heard good things about netbsd but I don't have much expertise in it (sorry), I can recommend you to take a look at smolbsd which looks really cool for uni-kernel purposes as well
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45582758
I feel like that there is a lot more things that can be done with netbsd as well or other open source projects in general as well