Why Not?
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1. Different types of computers cannot run programs meant for other types of computers.
2. You can however, code one program in a programming language and then have that code compiled (translated) for use on different computers.
3. Linux is coded and compiled for different systems. However, one version of Linux cannot be run on any computer, only the platform it was compiled for.
4. Mac OS X has never used Linux. It uses FreeBSD actually, another Unix derivative like Linux is.
5. FreeBSD (and Darwin, Apple's version of FreeBSD) can be compiled to be used on a PC.
6. Mac OS X is not just Darwin however, and the code for the window environment (the program that sits atop of Darwin, basically), is controlled by Apple and they won't let it be compiled for the PC.