diff --git a/ede-panel/AppletManager.cpp b/ede-panel/AppletManager.cpp
index a1dacdd..9cdaa53 100644
--- a/ede-panel/AppletManager.cpp
+++ b/ede-panel/AppletManager.cpp
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ struct AppletData {
 	Fl_Widget             *awidget; /* widget from the applet */
 	AppletInfo            *ainfo;   /* applet informations */
 
-	applet_create_t        create_func;
-	applet_destroy_t       destroy_func;
+	applet_create_t       create_func;
+	applet_destroy_t      destroy_func;
 
-	applet_destroy_info_t  destroy_info_func;
+	applet_destroy_info_t destroy_info_func;
 };
 
 static void clear_applet(AppletData *a) {
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ bool AppletManager::load(const char *path) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-
 	AppletData *data = new AppletData;
 	data->dl = a;
 	data->awidget = NULL;
@@ -132,11 +131,10 @@ bool AppletManager::load(const char *path) {
 }
 
 void AppletManager::clear(void) {
-	if(applet_list.empty())
-		return;
+	E_RETURN_IF_FAIL(applet_list.size() > 0);
 
-	AListIter it = applet_list.begin(), it_end = applet_list.end();
-	while(it != it_end) {
+	AListIter it = applet_list.begin(), ite = applet_list.end();
+	while(it != ite) {
 		clear_applet(*it);
 		it = applet_list.erase(it);
 	}
@@ -147,29 +145,29 @@ void AppletManager::clear(void) {
  * added to the group.
  */
 void AppletManager::fill_group(Panel *p) {
-	AListIter it = applet_list.begin(), it_end = applet_list.end();
+	AListIter it = applet_list.begin(), ite = applet_list.end();
 	AppletData *applet;
 
-	for(; it != it_end; ++it) {
+	for(; it != ite; ++it) {
 		applet = *it;
 
-		/* allocate memory for widget and append it to group */
+		/* allocate memory for widget and append it to the group */
 		applet->awidget = applet->create_func();
 		p->add(applet->awidget);
 	}
 }
 
 void AppletManager::unfill_group(Panel *p) {
-	AListIter it = applet_list.begin(), it_end = applet_list.end();
+	AListIter it = applet_list.begin(), ite = applet_list.end();
 
-	for(; it != it_end; ++it)
+	for(; it != ite; ++it)
 		p->remove((*it)->awidget);
 }
 
 bool AppletManager::get_applet_options(Fl_Widget *o, unsigned long &opts) {
-	AListIter it = applet_list.begin(), it_end = applet_list.end();
+	AListIter it = applet_list.begin(), ite = applet_list.end();
 
-	for(; it != it_end; ++it) {
+	for(; it != ite; ++it) {
 		if(o == (*it)->awidget) {
 			opts = (*it)->ainfo->options;
 			return true;
diff --git a/ede-panel/Jamfile b/ede-panel/Jamfile
index dbc6e6a..d528c5c 100644
--- a/ede-panel/Jamfile
+++ b/ede-panel/Jamfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 SubDir TOP ede-panel ;
 
 EdeProgram  ede-panel : Hider.cpp Panel.cpp AppletManager.cpp ede-panel.cpp ;
-#ObjectC++Flags Panel.cpp : -DEDE_PANEL_LOCAL_APPLETS ;
+ObjectC++Flags Panel.cpp : -DEDE_PANEL_LOCAL_APPLETS ;
 
 if $(OS) != "SOLARIS" {
 	# also must use this flag (on anything but Solaris) or program will crash
diff --git a/ede-panel/Panel.cpp b/ede-panel/Panel.cpp
index 420d3ea..c974ee0 100644
--- a/ede-panel/Panel.cpp
+++ b/ede-panel/Panel.cpp
@@ -534,8 +534,8 @@ void Panel::load_applets(void) {
 
 	mgr.fill_group(this);
 #else
-	mgr.load("./applets/quick-launch/quick_launch.so");
 	mgr.load("./applets/start-menu/start_menu.so");
+	mgr.load("./applets/quick-launch/quick_launch.so");
 	mgr.load("./applets/pager/pager.so");
 	mgr.load("./applets/clock/clock.so");
 	mgr.load("./applets/taskbar/taskbar.so");
diff --git a/ede-panel/applets/mem-monitor/MemMonitor.cpp b/ede-panel/applets/mem-monitor/MemMonitor.cpp
index c73320c..547901e 100644
--- a/ede-panel/applets/mem-monitor/MemMonitor.cpp
+++ b/ede-panel/applets/mem-monitor/MemMonitor.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+/* assume Linux here */
+#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
+
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <FL/Fl.H>
 #include <FL/fl_draw.H>
@@ -13,25 +15,10 @@ EDELIB_NS_USING(color_rgb_to_fltk)
 #define UPDATE_INTERVAL 1.0f
 #define STR_CMP(first, second, n) (strncmp(first, second, n) == 0)
 
-static int height_from_perc(int perc, int h) {
+inline int height_from_perc(int perc, int h) {
 	return (perc * h) / 100;
 }
 
-static long get_number(const char *ln) {
-	char *s = edelib_strndup(ln, 128);
-	int i = 1;
-
-	for(char *p = strtok(s, " "); p; p = strtok(NULL, " "), i++) {
-		if(i == 2) {
-			long ret = atol(p);
-			free(s);
-			return ret;
-		}
-	}
-
-	free(s);
-	return 0;
-}
 static void mem_timeout_cb(void *d) {
 	((MemMonitor*)d)->update_status();
 	Fl::repeat_timeout(UPDATE_INTERVAL, mem_timeout_cb, d);
@@ -42,25 +29,14 @@ MemMonitor::MemMonitor() : Fl_Box(0, 0, 45, 25), mem_usedp(0), swap_usedp(0) {
 }
 
 void MemMonitor::update_status(void) {
-	FILE *fd = fopen("/proc/meminfo", "r");
-	if(!fd) return;
+	struct sysinfo sys;
+	if(sysinfo(&sys) != 0) return;
 
 	long mem_total, mem_free, swap_total, swap_free;
-	mem_total = mem_free = swap_total = swap_free = 0;
-
-	static char buf[128];
-	while(fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fd) != 0) {
-		if(STR_CMP(buf, "MemTotal:", 9))
-			mem_total = get_number(buf);
-		else if(STR_CMP(buf, "MemFree:", 8))
-			mem_free = get_number(buf);
-		else if(STR_CMP(buf, "SwapTotal:", 10))
-			swap_total = get_number(buf);
-		else if(STR_CMP(buf, "SwapFree:", 9))
-			swap_free = get_number(buf);
-	}
-
-	fclose(fd);
+	mem_total = (float)sys.totalram * (float)sys.mem_unit / 1048576.0f;
+	mem_free  = (float)sys.freeram * (float)sys.mem_unit / 1048576.0f;
+	swap_total = (float)sys.totalswap * (float)sys.mem_unit / 1048576.0f;
+	swap_free  = (float)sys.freeswap * (float)sys.mem_unit / 1048576.0f;
 
 	mem_usedp  = 100 - (int)(((float)mem_free / (float)mem_total) * 100);
 	swap_usedp = 100 - (int)(((float)swap_free / (float)swap_total) * 100);