I use top from x-terminal why do you have to remotely login for that.. top is still running from x-term unlike conky . then again you are looking at a specific process not at the entire cpu-load Do you really want the phone app to rotate itself before you can make a call ? I tried editing transitions today that does improve performance a lot.. especially if you feel your home screens are slowing down.. go to /usr/share/hildon-desktop/transitions.ini and edit the file.. or use transition-control app. I set all values to zero.. Give it a shot, you can tweak it your preference but the power hungry would definitely love it.. --Vj