The whole point of NetBSD is that it's portable. The intel architecture is just one of many (albeit the most dominant one).
As a matter of fact, I've not been using it for a long time. I think the difference is that I value every OS on their own. For instance, I don't expect it to run 3D games well so I'll not try to do that. The minimum I want from an OS is compatibility with the CPU and basic peripherals such as a serial port and at least a realtek NIC, multitasking, IPv6, a reasonable shell (korn is good enough), stability, online help (not online as in the Internet, but retreivable interactively, from the shell), reasonably sane defaults, good utilities and probably a few others I forget to mention.
All of the BSDs fit that definition. Though what I'm actually using depends on what I want. Nothing beats openBSD in the firewall/network appliance department. Nothing beats Linux in the speedy performance department.
I'm sure if NetBSD was your first OS, you'd have much fewer problems with it. It's a great OS for learning. The manual pages go in great depth to explain what to do and how. If you want it to replace a proprietary OS on your latest shiny brand new computing device, good luck with that. Can't really blame the OS for that, they weren't invited.
As a matter of fact, I've not been using it for a long time. I think the difference is that I value every OS on their own. For instance, I don't expect it to run 3D games well so I'll not try to do that. The minimum I want from an OS is compatibility with the CPU and basic peripherals such as a serial port and at least a realtek NIC, multitasking, IPv6, a reasonable shell (korn is good enough), stability, online help (not online as in the Internet, but retreivable interactively, from the shell), reasonably sane defaults, good utilities and probably a few others I forget to mention.
All of the BSDs fit that definition. Though what I'm actually using depends on what I want. Nothing beats openBSD in the firewall/network appliance department. Nothing beats Linux in the speedy performance department.
I'm sure if NetBSD was your first OS, you'd have much fewer problems with it. It's a great OS for learning. The manual pages go in great depth to explain what to do and how. If you want it to replace a proprietary OS on your latest shiny brand new computing device, good luck with that. Can't really blame the OS for that, they weren't invited.