on 2014-04-08 11:22 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote
OS X is built around a Mach kernel and includes a FreeBSD UNIX command-line environment. Linux is built around a different kernel implementation, UNIX-like, and similarly includes a FreeBSD-like command-line environment. There the similarity ends. It's all the other stuff built on top of the kernel that would need to be supported to run OS X applications... Never mind having to fight legal battles with Apple.
running Mac software on Linux is pretty much a non-starter, yeah, but it's worth noting that it's rather easy to run Linux software on a Mac; all the Linux software is open source and designed to be portable, plus there are relatively easy tools already built to install most common Linux tools and apps
note that it is technically very feasible to virtualize Mac OS on Linux, however the license does not permit it (about the same level of license violation as building a hackintosh - anyone ever hear of a prosecution for installing OS X on non-Apple hardware?)
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