Well, first of all, OS X is based on BSD and not Linux, which would affect even ...

		rsfinn on July 18, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wine 1.6 Released With 10,000 Changes Well, first of all, OS X is based on BSD and not Linux, which would affect even simple command line utilities. (I'm not even sure the kernel ABI is compatible.) More to the point, there's the lack of Mac-specific frameworks (e.g. Cocoa) on which most Mac applications rely.