the top command is great for a beginner thanks
it is showing cpu running at 22% with songs playing and some other apps. over all i am thinking this is pretty good I have some programs that has not made it out of the box yet but appears to be working on my system ok such as

Personal IP Address
Personal Photo Frame
Quicknote
Recorder
syesteminfowiget
xournal
conboy

At the beginning had some issue with the device not shutting down correctly but after I found the offline mode and removed deval-extras. I have not had to many any uses