diff --git a/.aliases b/.aliases
index b215c26..6c1daca 100755
--- a/.aliases
+++ b/.aliases
@@ -103,3 +103,7 @@ alias rsmv="rs --remove-source-files"
 alias jc="jira-set" # write selected story id to ~/.jira_story
 alias jcr="jira-risk" # ensure the mandatory fields are set for ~/.jira_story
 alias jcc="jira-clean" # delete ~/.jira_story
+
+# quick sys overview via fastfetch
+alias neosys="fastfetch -c ~/.config/fastfetch/cluxsys.jsonc"
+alias neohw="fastfetch -c ~/.config/fastfetch/cluxhw.jsonc"
diff --git a/.functions b/.functions
index 69cd86c..6437dc3 100755
--- a/.functions
+++ b/.functions
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ jira-clean() {
 }
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# system statistics/usage (linux only)
+# system statistics/usage - linux only - for my own memory
+# better ways of displaying this via fastfetch configs herein
 
 mem() {
   free -t | grep Mem | awk '{ printf("%3.1f%%\n", $3*100/$2)}'
diff --git a/config/fastfetch/cluxhw.jsonc b/config/fastfetch/cluxhw.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8e56d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/fastfetch/cluxhw.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/raw/dev/doc/json_schema.json",
+    "logo": {
+        "type": "small",
+        //"source": "arch_small",
+        "color": {
+            "1": "green",
+            "2": "blue"
+        }
+    },
+    "display": {
+        "separator": " ",
+        "size": {
+            "ndigits": 0
+        },
+        "percent": {
+            "ndigits": 0
+        },
+        "temp": {
+            "ndigits": 0
+        }
+    },
+    "modules": [
+        // DBG: "format": "1:{1}, 2:{2}, 3:{3}, 4:{4}, 5:{5}, 6:{6}, 7:{7}, 8:{8}, 9:{9}, 10:{10}, 11:{11}, 12:{12}, 13:{13}, 14:{14}, 15:{15}, 16:{16}",
+        //{
+        //    "type": "title",
+        //    "key": "",
+        //    "format": "{user-name-colored}@{host-name}",
+        //    "keyColor": "yellow"
+        //},
+        {
+            "type": "cpu",
+            "key": "󰻠",
+            "format": "{name} ({cores-online}) @ {freq-base} GHz ({8})",
+            "keyColor": "yellow",
+            "temp": true
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "gpu",
+            "key": "󰍛",
+            "format": "{name} ({temperature})",
+            "hideType": "integrated",
+            "temp": true,
+            "keyColor": "yellow"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "display",
+            "key": "󰍹",
+            "format": "{name} {width}x{height} ({#;33}{refresh-rate}Hz{#})",
+            "keyColor": "yellow"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "disk",
+            "key": "",
+            "format": "{size-used} / {size-total} ({size-percentage})",
+            "keyColor": "yellow"
+        },
+        // https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/blob/dev/src/modules/netio/netio.c
+        {
+            "type": "netio",
+            "key": "󰓡",
+            "format": "{tx-size}{#}⇡ / {rx-size}⇣",
+            "detectTotal": true,
+            "defaultRouteOnly": true,
+            "keyColor": "yellow"
+        },
+        //{
+        //    "type": "wifi",
+        //    "key": "W",
+        //    "keyColor": "yellow"
+        //},
+        {
+            "type": "memory",
+            "key": "󰑭",
+            "keyColor": "yellow"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/config/fastfetch/cluxsys.jsonc b/config/fastfetch/cluxsys.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74de553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/fastfetch/cluxsys.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/raw/dev/doc/json_schema.json",
+    "logo": {
+        "type": "small",
+        "color": {
+            "1": "green",
+            "2": "blue"
+        }
+    },
+    "display": {
+        "separator": " "
+    },
+    "modules": [
+        // DBG: "format": "1:{1}, 2:{2}, 3:{3}, 4:{4}, 5:{5}, 6:{6}, 7:{7}, 8:{8}, 9:{9}, 10:{10}, 11:{11}, 12:{12}, 13:{13}, 14:{14}, 15:{15}, 16:{16}",
+        {
+            "type": "title",
+            "key": "",
+            "format": "{user-name-colored}@{host-name}",
+            "keyColor": "blue"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "os",
+            "key": "",
+            "format": "{1} {2}",
+            "keyColor": "blue"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "kernel",
+            "key": "",
+            "format": "{sysname} {release}",
+            "keyColor": "blue"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "shell",
+            "key": "",
+            "keyColor": "blue"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "terminal",
+            "key": "",
+            "keyColor": "blue"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "editor",
+            "key": "",
+            "keyColor": "blue"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "terminalfont",
+            "key": "",
+            "keyColor": "blue"
+        },
+        //{
+        //    "type": "lm",
+        //    "key": "󰧨",
+        //    "keyColor": "blue"
+        //},
+        //{
+        //    "type": "de",
+        //    "key": "",
+        //   "keyColor": "blue"
+        //},
+        {
+            "type": "wm",
+            "key": "",
+            "keyColor": "blue"
+        },
+    ]
+}