Bash is network transparent: you change directory in a nfs filesystem or in a curlftpfs the same way as on a local disk. X separates the thing that paints the

Bash is network transparent: you change directory in a nfs filesystem or in a curlftpfs the same way as on a local disk. X separates the thing that paints the screen (the X server) from the things that computes (the X client). Your idea or pushing pixels means that you need a virtual screen on the machine where programs runs and you want to copy this virtual screen to your screen. Do you imagine the complexity of window management with such a setup ? Have you already launched many VNC clients at the same time ?