Originally Posted by
spare_wheel
If you are going to get all lecturey you should at least get your facts right. Linux is a kernel not an operating system. OSX and iOS run on a completely different kernel (with an inferior open source license).
PS: RTFM!
Re-read the post, skippy.
Operating architecture is not synonymous with
operating system herein. Besides, your use of the term kernel is dubious - it depends on the context. If we're talking about an embedded system with a specific set of operating principles then the kernel is itself an OS. What you really mean to say is that the kernel differs from the graphical desktop environment, or what many know of as Ubuntu/Matte/Cinnamon/Mint/etc. iOS/OSX is built on a proprietary Unix variant...what is Linux? A modular Unix copy.
To quote you, RTFM.