No. iOS is actually an ARM variant of Darwin, derived from BSD, a UNIX-like kernel, and Apple’s own Mach kernel extension system. This is pretty different from Linux, which is a monolithic kernel, meaning all the driver code and I/O kit is part of the core kernel. … Linux is also UNIX-like, but it’s not BSD.

Is Apple a Unix or Linux?

Yes, OS X is UNIX. Apple has submitted OS X for certification (and received it,) every version since 10.5. However, versions prior to 10.5 (as with many ‘UNIX-like’ OSes such as many distributions of Linux,) could probably have passed certification had they applied for it.

What is the difference between Linux and iOS?

Linux is a group of open source Unix-like operating systems which was developed by Linus Torvalds. It is a packaged of Linux distribution.
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