Is anyone else seeing this:Yes, that's common with gnome-system-monitor, however since it is built around top, i'd rather use the later... In anycase yes, it is normal to have that many programs running, however you may shutdown services you don't need, those some times can shutdown three or four processes (per service), so it's worth the try. Use system-config-services (or Applications>System Configuration>Servers>Services
http://www.dzr-web.com/gnome-system-monitor.png
Lots of processes (probably kernel related) with no name in gnome- system-properties?
TIA, Darren