Yeah sure you can keep layering till you get 47 different layers (some in parallel).... aka "X Windows" Layering does come at a cost. Speed and various hacks

Yeah sure you can keep layering till you get 47 different layers (some in parallel).... aka "X Windows" Layering does come at a cost. Speed and various hacks that have to reach below the layer. Partly because of X Windows Linux still has one of the slower and fragmented graphics shell.