tl;dr: X11R6 is very healthy on NetBSD and has active contributors from the same blog: Wayland is also approaching healthy on NetBSD and has active contributor

tl;dr: X11R6 is very healthy on NetBSD and has active contributors from the same blog: Wayland is also approaching healthy on NetBSD and has active contributors There is no reason to get bent out of shape. NetBSD as a project has commitments to desktop support and seems to be living up to those commitments very well.