--- gnome-system-monitor-2.17.2.1/src/sysinfo.cpp.fedora	2006-11-02 13:45:35.000000000 -0500
+++ gnome-system-monitor-2.17.2.1/src/sysinfo.cpp	2006-11-18 01:09:14.000000000 -0500
@@ -141,10 +141,55 @@
   };
 
 
+  class RedHatSysInfo
+    : public SysInfo
+  {
+  public:
+    RedHatSysInfo() : SysInfo(_("Unknown distro"))
+    {
+      this->load_redhat_info();
+    }
+
+  private:
+    void load_redhat_info()
+    {
+      gchar *text, *t, *s;
+   
+      if (!g_file_get_contents ("/etc/redhat-release", &text, NULL, NULL))
+        return;
+      
+      t = strstr (text, " release");
+
+      if (!t)
+        {
+           g_free (text);
+	   return;
+        } 
+
+      *t = '\0';
+
+      t += strlen (" release");
+	
+      while (*t == ' ')
+        t++;
+
+      s = strchr (t, ' ');
+
+      if (s)
+        *s = '\0';
+
+      this->distro_name = text;
+      this->distro_version = t;
+    }
+  };
+
+
   SysInfo* get_sysinfo()
   {
     if (g_file_test("/etc/debian_version", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
       return new DebianSysInfo;
+    else if (g_file_test("/etc/redhat-release", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
+      return new RedHatSysInfo;
     else
       return new SysInfo(_("Unknown distro"));
   }