diff --git a/apt.go b/apt.go
index 37fd70d..8ba299e 100644
--- a/apt.go
+++ b/apt.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package zoopb
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 // init the installed package list
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@ func (me *Machine) initPackages() {
 		me.Packages.Append(new1)
 		// log.Info("added", new1.Name, "failed")
 	}
+
+	me.getMemory()
 }
 
 func (me *Machine) addNew(name string, version string) {
@@ -33,3 +38,27 @@ func (me *Machine) addNew(name string, version string) {
 	new1.Version = version
 	me.Packages.Append(new1)
 }
+
+// simple memory and cpu count
+func (me *Machine) getMemory() {
+	// Get number of CPUs
+	numCPUs := runtime.NumCPU()
+
+	// Get total system memory
+	var sysInfo unix.Sysinfo_t
+	err := unix.Sysinfo(&sysInfo)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error getting system info:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Convert memory from bytes to GB
+	totalMemGB := float64(sysInfo.Totalram) * float64(sysInfo.Unit) / (1024 * 1024 * 1024)
+	m := float64(sysInfo.Totalram) * float64(sysInfo.Unit)
+	me.Memory = int64(m)
+	me.Cpus = int64(numCPUs)
+
+	// Print results
+	fmt.Printf("Total Memory: %.2f GB\n", totalMemGB)
+	fmt.Printf("Number of CPUs: %d\n", numCPUs)
+}
diff --git a/apt_linux.go b/apt_linux.go
index 6a1a800..6c7391c 100644
--- a/apt_linux.go
+++ b/apt_linux.go
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@ func dpkgQuery() (map[string]string, error) {
 	return installedPackages, scanner.Err()
 }
 
+/*
 func (me *Machine) UpdatePackages() string {
 	log.Info("fixme. broken after move to autogenpb")
 	return ""
 }
+*/
 
-/*
 func (me *Machine) UpdatePackages() string {
 	// Get the list of installed packages for the detected distro
 	newP, err := getPackageList(me.Distro)
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ func (me *Machine) UpdatePackages() string {
 			newCounter += 1
 		} else {
 			found.Version = version
-			panic("redo this. broken after autogenpb. was never right anyway")
+			// panic("redo this. broken after autogenpb. was never right anyway")
 			//if me.Packages.Update(found) {
 			//	changeCounter += 1
 			//}
@@ -111,4 +112,3 @@ func (me *Machine) UpdatePackages() string {
 	}
 	return footer
 }
-*/