Unfortunately I am not able to add this comment to the openSUSE wiki because I was not able to pass the spam protection :-( (thought it wouldn`t be so hard to answer the question 10+5 but none of my entries were accepted). So, here is my comment by mail: Thanks for bringing up this topic! As discussed my proposals are: For the overview of system status http://de.opensuse.org/images/b/bf/Statusoverview.png The main idea was to show an overview of system component status (e.g. CPU) indicated e.g. by a green dot (or something) After clicking on the section an accordion opens with detailled information and a graph. The limits are edited via >Settings. The settings are organized in tabs. The user selects general settings http://de.opensuse.org/images/2/29/Status_settingsgeneral.png and system component specific settingshttp://de.opensuse.org/images/8/8c/Status_settingsmemory.png For system specific limits the user selects whether he wants to be informed if a certain value is either undercut or exceeded. Best regards, Martin ---------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Schmidkunz User Experience Specialist martin.schmidkunz@novell.com +49 (0) 911 740 53-346 ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Novell, Inc. Novell® Making IT Work As One™