diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ac4178a5..60d394d8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ byobu (4.30) unreleased; urgency=low
   * usr/bin/byobu-config:
     - migrate to toggling on/off the list of status items
     - fix initial seeding of status config
+  * experimental/byobu-aggregate-status, usr/bin/byobu-status,
+    usr/lib/byobu/logo, usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am,
+    usr/lib/byobu/mem_available => usr/lib/byobu/memory,
+    usr/lib/byobu/mem_used, usr/lib/byobu/.shutil,
+    usr/share/byobu/status/status, usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
+    - drop experimental code, no longer necessary
+    - test non-zero cache file
+    - combine mem_* to memory
+    - decrease raid status frequency
+    - add trailing space to logo
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:31:31 -0500
 
diff --git a/experimental/byobu-aggregate-status b/experimental/byobu-aggregate-status
deleted file mode 100755
index 08ae0831..00000000
--- a/experimental/byobu-aggregate-status
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-PKG="byobu"
-
-hput() {
-    eval "$1""$2"='$3'
-}
-
-hget() {
-    eval echo '${'"$1$2"'#hash}'
-}
-
-
-hput freq apport 67
-hput freq arch 9999999
-hput freq battery 61
-hput freq color 9999999
-hput freq cpu_count 5
-hput freq cpu_freq 2
-hput freq cpu_temp 19
-hput freq custom 5
-hput freq date 28793
-hput freq disk 13
-hput freq disk_io 3
-hput freq ec2_cost 601
-hput freq fan_speed 23
-hput freq hostname 607
-hput freq ip_address 127
-hput freq load_average 2
-hput freq logo 9999999
-hput freq mail 5
-hput freq mem_available 47
-hput freq mem_used 13
-hput freq menu 9999999
-hput freq network 3
-hput freq notify_osd 0
-hput freq processes 7
-hput freq raid 7
-hput freq rcs_cost 613
-hput freq reboot_required 5
-hput freq release 599
-hput freq services 53
-hput freq swap 19
-hput freq time 9999999
-hput freq time_binary 23
-hput freq time_utc 11
-hput freq trash 9999999
-hput freq updates_available 7
-hput freq uptime 29
-hput freq users 11
-hput freq whoami 86029
-hput freq wifi_quality 17
-
-# Update
-NOW=$(date +%s)
-for i in /usr/lib/$PKG/*; do
-	j=${i##*/}
-	#byobu-status "$j" > "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/$j.status"
-	CACHE="$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/$j.status"
-        [ -r "$CACHE.last" ] && read lastrun < "$CACHE.last" || lastrun=0
-	freq=$(hget freq $j)
-        expiration=$(($lastrun+$freq))
-        if [ $NOW -ge $expiration ]; then
-                byobu-status "$j" > "$CACHE" 2>/dev/null
-                echo "${NOW}" > "$CACHE.last"
-        fi
-done
-
-# Print
-sed -e ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n//g' "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/"*.status > "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/status"
-
-# vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-status b/usr/bin/byobu-status
index 09531612..f0058095 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-status
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-status
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ get_status() {
 		"__$1" > "$cachepath"
 		echo "$NOW" > "$lastpath"
 	fi
-	IFS= read line < "$cachepath"; printf "$line"
+	if [ -s "$cachepath" ]; then
+		IFS= read line < "$cachepath"; printf "$line"
+	fi
 }
 
 case "$1" in
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/.shutil b/usr/lib/byobu/.shutil
index 30392b21..dc13c3a5 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/.shutil
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/.shutil
@@ -232,13 +232,12 @@ status_freq() {
 		load_average)	_RET=2 ;;
 		logo)		_RET=9999999 ;;
 		mail)		_RET=5 ;;
-		mem_available)	_RET=47 ;;
-		mem_used)	_RET=13 ;;
+		memory)		_RET=13 ;;
 		menu)		_RET=9999999 ;;
 		network)	_RET=3 ;;
 		notify_osd)	_RET=9999999 ;;
 		processes)	_RET=7 ;;
-		raid)		_RET=7 ;;
+		raid)		_RET=59 ;;
 		rcs_cost)	_RET=613 ;;
 		reboot_required) _RET=5 ;;
 		release)	_RET=599 ;;
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am b/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am
index 9ee94913..ea20c203 100644
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 libdirdir = $(prefix)/lib/@PACKAGE@
-libdir_SCRIPTS = apport  arch  battery  cpu_count  cpu_freq  cpu_temp  color  custom  date  disk  disk_io  ec2_cost  fan_speed  hostname  ip_address  load_average  logo  mail  mem_available  mem_used  menu  network  .notify_osd  notify_osd  processes  raid  rcs_cost  reboot_required  release  services  swap  time  time_binary time_utc trash updates_available  uptime  users  whoami  wifi_quality .common .constants .dirs .shutil
+libdir_SCRIPTS = apport  arch  battery  cpu_count  cpu_freq  cpu_temp  color  custom  date  disk  disk_io  ec2_cost  fan_speed  hostname  ip_address  load_average  logo  mail  memory  menu  network  .notify_osd  notify_osd  processes  raid  rcs_cost  reboot_required  release  services  swap  time  time_binary time_utc trash updates_available  uptime  users  whoami  wifi_quality .common .constants .dirs .shutil
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/logo b/usr/lib/byobu/logo
index debff1b5..ced229ee 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/logo
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/logo
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ __logo() {
 			$MARKUP && printf "$(color b k W)%s$(color -)" "$logo" || printf " $logo "
 		;;
 	esac
+	printf " "
 }
 
 # vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/mem_available b/usr/lib/byobu/mem_available
deleted file mode 100755
index ffb01cf5..00000000
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/mem_available
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-#
-#    mem_available: grab the current memory and usage
-#
-#    Copyright (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.
-#    Copyright (C) 2011 Dustin Kirkland
-#
-#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
-#
-#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-__mem_available_detail() {
-	free
-}
-
-__mem_available() {
-	local mem_used comma whitespace unit mem name
-	[ "$mem_used" = "1" ] && comma="," || whitespace=" "
-	read name mem unit < /proc/meminfo
-	if [ $mem -ge 1048576 ]; then
-		fpdiv "$mem" 1048567 1
-		mem=${_RET}
-		unit="GB"
-	elif [ $mem -ge 1024 ]; then
-		fpdiv "$mem" 1024 0
-		mem=${_RET}
-		unit="MB"
-	else
-		mem="$mem"
-		unit="KB"
-	fi
-	color b g W; printf "%s" "$mem"; color -; color g W; printf "%s%s" "$unit" "$comma"; color -; printf "%s" "$whitespace"
-}
-
-# vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/mem_used b/usr/lib/byobu/memory
similarity index 60%
rename from usr/lib/byobu/mem_used
rename to usr/lib/byobu/memory
index c6d50818..f831563c 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/mem_used
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/memory
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 #
-#    mem_used: grab the current memory usage
+#    mem_available: grab the current memory and usage
 #
 #    Copyright (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.
 #    Copyright (C) 2011 Dustin Kirkland
@@ -19,16 +19,11 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-__mem_used_detail() {
-	cat /proc/meminfo
+__memory() {
+	free
 }
 
-__mem_used() {
-	# originally, this script did:
-	# f=$(free | awk '/buffers\/cache:/ {printf "%.0f", 100*$3/($3 + $4)}')
-	# this method is more dependent on /proc/meminfo, but uses the same formula
-	# for deriving the output of 'free' that is used in procps 'free.c'
-	# kb_main_free, kb_main_total, kb_main_buffers, kb_main_cached
+__memory() {
 	local free="" total="" buffers="" cached=""
 	local kb_main_used=0 buffers_plus_cached=0 fo_buffers=0 fo_cached=0
 	while read tok val unit; do
@@ -40,14 +35,25 @@ __mem_used() {
 		esac
 		[ -n "${free}" -a -n "${total}" -a -n "${buffers}" -a -n "${cached}" ] && break;
 	done < /proc/meminfo
-	kb_main_used=$(($total-$free))
-	buffers_plus_cached=$(($buffers+$cached))
-	# "free output" buffers and cache (output from 'free')
-	fo_buffers=$(($kb_main_used - $buffers_plus_cached))
-	fo_cached=$(($kb_main_free + $buffers_plus_cached))
-	fpdiv $((100*${fo_buffers})) "${total}" 0;
-	f=${_RET}
-	color b g W; printf "%s" "$f"; color -; color g W; printf "%s" "$PCT"; color --
+        kb_main_used=$(($total-$free))
+        buffers_plus_cached=$(($buffers+$cached))
+        # "free output" buffers and cache (output from 'free')
+        fo_buffers=$(($kb_main_used - $buffers_plus_cached))
+        fo_cached=$(($kb_main_free + $buffers_plus_cached))
+        fpdiv $((100*${fo_buffers})) "${total}" 0;
+        f=${_RET}
+	if [ $total -ge 1048576 ]; then
+		fpdiv "$total" 1048567 1
+		total=${_RET}
+		unit="GB"
+	elif [ $total -ge 1024 ]; then
+		fpdiv "$total" 1024 0
+		total=${_RET}
+		unit="MB"
+	else
+		unit="KB"
+	fi
+	color b g W; printf "%s" "$total"; color -; color g W; printf "%s," "$unit"; color -; color b g W; printf "%s" "$f"; color -; color g W; printf "%s" "$PCT"; color --
 }
 
 # vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/status/status b/usr/share/byobu/status/status
index d83d30b3..2a55ced4 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/status/status
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/status/status
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 screen_upper_left="color"
 screen_upper_right="color whoami hostname ip_address menu"
 screen_lower_left="color logo release #arch"
-screen_lower_right="color network #disk_io custom raid reboot_required updates_available #apport #services #mail users uptime #ec2_cost #rcs_cost #fan_speed #cpu_temp battery wifi_quality #processes load_average cpu_count cpu_freq mem_available mem_used #swap #disk #time_utc date time"
+screen_lower_right="color network #disk_io custom raid reboot_required updates_available #apport #services #mail users uptime #ec2_cost #rcs_cost #fan_speed #cpu_temp battery wifi_quality #processes load_average cpu_count cpu_freq memory #swap #disk #time_utc date time"
 
 # Tmux has one status line, with 2 halves for status
 tmux_left="logo release #arch"
-tmux_right="network #disk_io custom raid reboot_required updates_available #apport #services #mail users uptime #ec2_cost #rcs_cost #fan_speed #cpu_temp battery wifi_quality #processes load_average cpu_count cpu_freq mem_available mem_used #swap #disk #whoami #hostname #ip_address #time_utc date time"
+tmux_right="network #disk_io custom raid reboot_required updates_available #apport #services #mail users uptime #ec2_cost #rcs_cost #fan_speed #cpu_temp battery wifi_quality #processes load_average cpu_count cpu_freq memory #swap #disk #whoami #hostname #ip_address #time_utc date time"
diff --git a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1 b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
index bda4841b..152e831c 100644
--- a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
+++ b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ Note that BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR=\fI$HOME/.byobu\fP.
 
 \fBmail\fP \- system mail for the current user; the letter '[M]' is displayed in the lower bar toward the left in black text on a grey background
 
-\fBmem_available\fP \- total memory available in the system; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in white text on a green background
-
-\fBmem_used\fP \- total memory used in the system as a percentage of the total memory available; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in white text on a green background with a trailing '%' sign
+\fBmemory\fP \- total memory available and used in the system; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in white text on a green background
 
 \fBmenu\fP \- a simple indicator directing new users to use the F9 keybinding to access the byobu menu