I kind of think NetBSD doesn't so much 'strive' to support many platforms as try to pursue simplicity of implementation and so be easy to port. Linux supports a

I kind of think NetBSD doesn't so much 'strive' to support many platforms as try to pursue simplicity of implementation and so be easy to port. Linux supports a lot of platforms, but porting Linux is a much more heroic effort. The NetBSD codebase is nice for studying operating system concepts.