Question

Can you run Xcode in Linux? Mac OS X was based on BSD Unix, so is it possible?

From what I have heard, there is a MonoDevelop plugin that has an iPhone simulator.

Answer 1

The low-level toolchain for Xcode (the gcc compiler family, the gdb debugger, etc.) is all open source and common to Unix and Linux platforms. But the IDE--the editor, project management, indexing, navigation, build system, graphical debugger, visual data modeling, SCM system, refactoring, project snapshots, etc.--is a Mac OS X Cocoa application, and is not portable.