diff --git a/host/host.go b/host/host.go
index e100bc5..647cf01 100644
--- a/host/host.go
+++ b/host/host.go
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package host
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/internal/common"
 )
@@ -52,3 +56,99 @@ func (t TemperatureStat) String() string {
 	s, _ := json.Marshal(t)
 	return string(s)
 }
+
+func Info() (*InfoStat, error) {
+	return InfoWithContext(context.Background())
+}
+
+func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
+	var err error
+	ret := &InfoStat{
+		OS: runtime.GOOS,
+	}
+
+	ret.Hostname, err = os.Hostname()
+	if err != nil && err != common.ErrNotImplementedError {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ret.Platform, ret.PlatformFamily, ret.PlatformVersion, err = PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil && err != common.ErrNotImplementedError {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ret.KernelVersion, err = KernelVersionWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil && err != common.ErrNotImplementedError {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ret.KernelArch, err = KernelArch()
+	if err != nil && err != common.ErrNotImplementedError {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ret.VirtualizationSystem, ret.VirtualizationRole, err = VirtualizationWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil && err != common.ErrNotImplementedError {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ret.BootTime, err = BootTimeWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil && err != common.ErrNotImplementedError {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ret.Uptime, err = UptimeWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil && err != common.ErrNotImplementedError {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ret.Procs, err = numProcs(ctx)
+	if err != nil && err != common.ErrNotImplementedError {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ret.HostID, err = HostIDWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil && err != common.ErrNotImplementedError {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return ret, nil
+}
+
+// BootTime returns the system boot time expressed in seconds since the epoch.
+func BootTime() (uint64, error) {
+	return BootTimeWithContext(context.Background())
+}
+
+func Uptime() (uint64, error) {
+	return UptimeWithContext(context.Background())
+}
+
+func Users() ([]UserStat, error) {
+	return UsersWithContext(context.Background())
+}
+
+func PlatformInformation() (string, string, string, error) {
+	return PlatformInformationWithContext(context.Background())
+}
+
+// HostID returns the unique host ID provided by the OS.
+func HostID() (string, error) {
+	return HostIDWithContext(context.Background())
+}
+
+func Virtualization() (string, string, error) {
+	return VirtualizationWithContext(context.Background())
+}
+
+func KernelVersion() (string, error) {
+	return KernelVersionWithContext(context.Background())
+}
+
+func SensorsTemperatures() ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
+	return SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(context.Background())
+}
+
+func timeSince(ts uint64) uint64 {
+	return uint64(time.Now().Unix()) - ts
+}
diff --git a/host/host_bsd.go b/host/host_bsd.go
index 7c49e6a..fc45b87 100644
--- a/host/host_bsd.go
+++ b/host/host_bsd.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package host
 import (
 	"context"
 	"sync/atomic"
-	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
@@ -13,10 +12,6 @@ import (
 // cachedBootTime must be accessed via atomic.Load/StoreUint64
 var cachedBootTime uint64
 
-func BootTime() (uint64, error) {
-	return BootTimeWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	t := atomic.LoadUint64(&cachedBootTime)
 	if t != 0 {
@@ -32,18 +27,10 @@ func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	return uint64(tv.Sec), nil
 }
 
-func uptime(boot uint64) uint64 {
-	return uint64(time.Now().Unix()) - boot
-}
-
-func Uptime() (uint64, error) {
-	return UptimeWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func UptimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	boot, err := BootTimeWithContext(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	return uptime(boot), nil
+	return timeSince(boot), nil
 }
diff --git a/host/host_darwin.go b/host/host_darwin.go
index e2d576e..8f51b20 100644
--- a/host/host_darwin.go
+++ b/host/host_darwin.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"unsafe"
 
@@ -21,65 +20,20 @@ import (
 // from utmpx.h
 const USER_PROCESS = 7
 
-func Info() (*InfoStat, error) {
-	return InfoWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
-func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
-	ret := &InfoStat{
-		OS:             runtime.GOOS,
-		PlatformFamily: "darwin",
-	}
-
-	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.Hostname = hostname
-	}
-
-	kernelVersion, err := KernelVersionWithContext(ctx)
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.KernelVersion = kernelVersion
-	}
-
-	kernelArch, err := kernelArch()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.KernelArch = kernelArch
-	}
-
-	platform, family, pver, err := PlatformInformation()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.Platform = platform
-		ret.PlatformFamily = family
-		ret.PlatformVersion = pver
-	}
-
-	system, role, err := Virtualization()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.VirtualizationSystem = system
-		ret.VirtualizationRole = role
-	}
-
-	boot, err := BootTime()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.BootTime = boot
-		ret.Uptime = uptime(boot)
-	}
-
-	procs, err := process.Pids()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.Procs = uint64(len(procs))
-	}
-
+func HostIDWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	uuid, err := unix.Sysctl("kern.uuid")
-	if err == nil && uuid != "" {
-		ret.HostID = strings.ToLower(uuid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
 	}
-
-	return ret, nil
+	return strings.ToLower(uuid), err
 }
 
-func Users() ([]UserStat, error) {
-	return UsersWithContext(context.Background())
+func numProcs(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
+	procs, err := process.PidsWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return uint64(len(procs)), nil
 }
 
 func UsersWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]UserStat, error) {
@@ -126,10 +80,6 @@ func UsersWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]UserStat, error) {
 
 }
 
-func PlatformInformation() (string, string, string, error) {
-	return PlatformInformationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, string, error) {
 	platform := ""
 	family := ""
@@ -163,18 +113,10 @@ func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, string
 	return platform, family, pver, nil
 }
 
-func Virtualization() (string, string, error) {
-	return VirtualizationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func VirtualizationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, error) {
 	return "", "", common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func KernelVersion() (string, error) {
-	return KernelVersionWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func KernelVersionWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	version, err := unix.Sysctl("kern.osrelease")
 	return strings.ToLower(version), err
diff --git a/host/host_darwin_cgo.go b/host/host_darwin_cgo.go
index 9b3b1c4..d5ba4cd 100644
--- a/host/host_darwin_cgo.go
+++ b/host/host_darwin_cgo.go
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ package host
 import "C"
 import "context"
 
-func SensorsTemperatures() ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
-	return SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
 	temperatureKeys := []string{
 		C.AMBIENT_AIR_0,
diff --git a/host/host_darwin_nocgo.go b/host/host_darwin_nocgo.go
index 7869f8c..784899b 100644
--- a/host/host_darwin_nocgo.go
+++ b/host/host_darwin_nocgo.go
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/internal/common"
 )
 
-func SensorsTemperatures() ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
-	return SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
 	return []TemperatureStat{}, common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
diff --git a/host/host_fallback.go b/host/host_fallback.go
index e80d7ea..db697a5 100644
--- a/host/host_fallback.go
+++ b/host/host_fallback.go
@@ -8,58 +8,42 @@ import (
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/internal/common"
 )
 
-func Info() (*InfoStat, error) {
-	return InfoWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
-func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
-	return nil, common.ErrNotImplementedError
+func HostIDWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	return "", common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func BootTime() (uint64, error) {
-	return BootTimeWithContext(context.Background())
+func numProcs(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
+	return 0, common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
 func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	return 0, common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func Uptime() (uint64, error) {
-	return UptimeWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func UptimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	return 0, common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func Users() ([]UserStat, error) {
-	return UsersWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func UsersWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]UserStat, error) {
 	return []UserStat{}, common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func Virtualization() (string, string, error) {
-	return VirtualizationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func VirtualizationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, error) {
 	return "", "", common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func KernelVersion() (string, error) {
-	return KernelVersionWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func KernelVersionWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	return "", common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func PlatformInformation() (string, string, string, error) {
-	return PlatformInformationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, string, error) {
 	return "", "", "", common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
+
+func SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
+	return []TemperatureStat{}, common.ErrNotImplementedError
+}
+
+func KernelArch() (string, error) {
+	return "", common.ErrNotImplementedError
+}
diff --git a/host/host_freebsd.go b/host/host_freebsd.go
index c5457c5..583a1f9 100644
--- a/host/host_freebsd.go
+++ b/host/host_freebsd.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"os"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"unsafe"
 
@@ -24,61 +23,20 @@ const (
 	UTHostSize = 16
 )
 
-func Info() (*InfoStat, error) {
-	return InfoWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
-func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
-	ret := &InfoStat{
-		OS:             runtime.GOOS,
-		PlatformFamily: "freebsd",
-	}
-
-	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.Hostname = hostname
-	}
-
-	platform, family, version, err := PlatformInformation()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.Platform = platform
-		ret.PlatformFamily = family
-		ret.PlatformVersion = version
-		ret.KernelVersion = version
-	}
-
-	kernelArch, err := kernelArch()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.KernelArch = kernelArch
-	}
-
-	system, role, err := Virtualization()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.VirtualizationSystem = system
-		ret.VirtualizationRole = role
-	}
-
-	boot, err := BootTime()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.BootTime = boot
-		ret.Uptime = uptime(boot)
-	}
-
-	procs, err := process.Pids()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.Procs = uint64(len(procs))
-	}
-
-	hostid, err := unix.Sysctl("kern.hostuuid")
-	if err == nil && hostid != "" {
-		ret.HostID = strings.ToLower(hostid)
+func HostIDWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	uuid, err := unix.Sysctl("kern.hostuuid")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
 	}
-
-	return ret, nil
+	return strings.ToLower(uuid), err
 }
 
-func Users() ([]UserStat, error) {
-	return UsersWithContext(context.Background())
+func numProcs(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
+	procs, err := process.PidsWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return uint64(len(procs)), nil
 }
 
 func UsersWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]UserStat, error) {
@@ -126,10 +84,6 @@ func UsersWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]UserStat, error) {
 
 }
 
-func PlatformInformation() (string, string, string, error) {
-	return PlatformInformationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, string, error) {
 	platform, err := unix.Sysctl("kern.ostype")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -144,10 +98,6 @@ func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, string
 	return strings.ToLower(platform), "", strings.ToLower(version), nil
 }
 
-func Virtualization() (string, string, error) {
-	return VirtualizationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func VirtualizationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, error) {
 	return "", "", common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
@@ -191,19 +141,11 @@ func getUsersFromUtmp(utmpfile string) ([]UserStat, error) {
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-func SensorsTemperatures() ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
-	return SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
 	return []TemperatureStat{}, common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func KernelVersion() (string, error) {
-	return KernelVersionWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func KernelVersionWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
-	_, _, version, err := PlatformInformation()
+	_, _, version, err := PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx)
 	return version, err
 }
diff --git a/host/host_linux.go b/host/host_linux.go
index 6c76f90..29cadce 100644
--- a/host/host_linux.go
+++ b/host/host_linux.go
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
-	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/internal/common"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
@@ -31,52 +29,7 @@ type LSB struct {
 // from utmp.h
 const USER_PROCESS = 7
 
-func Info() (*InfoStat, error) {
-	return InfoWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
-func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
-	ret := &InfoStat{
-		OS: runtime.GOOS,
-	}
-
-	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.Hostname = hostname
-	}
-
-	platform, family, version, err := PlatformInformation()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.Platform = platform
-		ret.PlatformFamily = family
-		ret.PlatformVersion = version
-	}
-	kernelVersion, err := KernelVersion()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.KernelVersion = kernelVersion
-	}
-
-	kernelArch, err := kernelArch()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.KernelArch = kernelArch
-	}
-
-	system, role, err := Virtualization()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.VirtualizationSystem = system
-		ret.VirtualizationRole = role
-	}
-
-	boot, err := BootTime()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.BootTime = boot
-		ret.Uptime = uptime(boot)
-	}
-
-	if numProcs, err := common.NumProcs(); err == nil {
-		ret.Procs = numProcs
-	}
-
+func HostIDWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	sysProductUUID := common.HostSys("class/dmi/id/product_uuid")
 	machineID := common.HostEtc("machine-id")
 	procSysKernelRandomBootID := common.HostProc("sys/kernel/random/boot_id")
@@ -86,8 +39,7 @@ func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
 	case common.PathExists(sysProductUUID):
 		lines, err := common.ReadLines(sysProductUUID)
 		if err == nil && len(lines) > 0 && lines[0] != "" {
-			ret.HostID = strings.ToLower(lines[0])
-			break
+			return strings.ToLower(lines[0]), nil
 		}
 		fallthrough
 	// Fallback on GNU Linux systems with systemd, readable by everyone
@@ -95,48 +47,34 @@ func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
 		lines, err := common.ReadLines(machineID)
 		if err == nil && len(lines) > 0 && len(lines[0]) == 32 {
 			st := lines[0]
-			ret.HostID = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s-%s-%s", st[0:8], st[8:12], st[12:16], st[16:20], st[20:32])
-			break
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s-%s-%s", st[0:8], st[8:12], st[12:16], st[16:20], st[20:32]), nil
 		}
 		fallthrough
 	// Not stable between reboot, but better than nothing
 	default:
 		lines, err := common.ReadLines(procSysKernelRandomBootID)
 		if err == nil && len(lines) > 0 && lines[0] != "" {
-			ret.HostID = strings.ToLower(lines[0])
+			return strings.ToLower(lines[0]), nil
 		}
 	}
 
-	return ret, nil
+	return "", nil
 }
 
-// BootTime returns the system boot time expressed in seconds since the epoch.
-func BootTime() (uint64, error) {
-	return BootTimeWithContext(context.Background())
+func numProcs(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
+	return common.NumProcs()
 }
 
 func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	return common.BootTimeWithContext(ctx)
 }
 
-func uptime(boot uint64) uint64 {
-	return uint64(time.Now().Unix()) - boot
-}
-
-func Uptime() (uint64, error) {
-	return UptimeWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func UptimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	boot, err := BootTime()
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	return uptime(boot), nil
-}
-
-func Users() ([]UserStat, error) {
-	return UsersWithContext(context.Background())
+	return timeSince(boot), nil
 }
 
 func UsersWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]UserStat, error) {
@@ -236,12 +174,7 @@ func getLSB() (*LSB, error) {
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-func PlatformInformation() (platform string, family string, version string, err error) {
-	return PlatformInformationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (platform string, family string, version string, err error) {
-
 	lsb, err := getLSB()
 	if err != nil {
 		lsb = &LSB{}
@@ -370,10 +303,6 @@ func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (platform string, famil
 
 }
 
-func KernelVersion() (version string, err error) {
-	return KernelVersionWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func KernelVersionWithContext(ctx context.Context) (version string, err error) {
 	var utsname unix.Utsname
 	err = unix.Uname(&utsname)
@@ -432,18 +361,10 @@ func getSusePlatform(contents []string) string {
 	return "suse"
 }
 
-func Virtualization() (string, string, error) {
-	return VirtualizationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func VirtualizationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, error) {
 	return common.VirtualizationWithContext(ctx)
 }
 
-func SensorsTemperatures() ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
-	return SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
 	var temperatures []TemperatureStat
 	files, err := filepath.Glob(common.HostSys("/class/hwmon/hwmon*/temp*_*"))
diff --git a/host/host_openbsd.go b/host/host_openbsd.go
index 03e00cf..cfac1e9 100644
--- a/host/host_openbsd.go
+++ b/host/host_openbsd.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"unsafe"
 
@@ -23,54 +22,16 @@ const (
 	UTHostSize = 16
 )
 
-func Info() (*InfoStat, error) {
-	return InfoWithContext(context.Background())
+func HostIDWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	return "", common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
-	ret := &InfoStat{
-		OS:             runtime.GOOS,
-		PlatformFamily: "openbsd",
-	}
-
-	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.Hostname = hostname
-	}
-
-	kernelArch, err := kernelArch()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.KernelArch = kernelArch
-	}
-
-	platform, family, version, err := PlatformInformation()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.Platform = platform
-		ret.PlatformFamily = family
-		ret.PlatformVersion = version
-	}
-	system, role, err := Virtualization()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.VirtualizationSystem = system
-		ret.VirtualizationRole = role
-	}
-
-	procs, err := process.Pids()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.Procs = uint64(len(procs))
-	}
-
-	boot, err := BootTime()
-	if err == nil {
-		ret.BootTime = boot
-		ret.Uptime = uptime(boot)
+func numProcs(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
+	procs, err := process.PidsWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
 	}
-
-	return ret, nil
-}
-
-func PlatformInformation() (string, string, string, error) {
-	return PlatformInformationWithContext(context.Background())
+	return uint64(len(procs)), nil
 }
 
 func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, string, error) {
@@ -90,18 +51,10 @@ func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, string
 	return platform, family, version, nil
 }
 
-func Virtualization() (string, string, error) {
-	return VirtualizationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func VirtualizationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, error) {
 	return "", "", common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func Users() ([]UserStat, error) {
-	return UsersWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func UsersWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]UserStat, error) {
 	var ret []UserStat
 	utmpfile := "/var/run/utmp"
@@ -141,19 +94,11 @@ func UsersWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]UserStat, error) {
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-func SensorsTemperatures() ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
-	return SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
 	return []TemperatureStat{}, common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func KernelVersion() (string, error) {
-	return KernelVersionWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func KernelVersionWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
-	_, _, version, err := PlatformInformation()
+	_, _, version, err := PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx)
 	return version, err
 }
diff --git a/host/host_posix.go b/host/host_posix.go
index a1b2479..1cdf16d 100644
--- a/host/host_posix.go
+++ b/host/host_posix.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
-func kernelArch() (string, error) {
+func KernelArch() (string, error) {
 	var utsname unix.Utsname
 	err := unix.Uname(&utsname)
 	return string(utsname.Machine[:bytes.IndexByte(utsname.Machine[:], 0)]), err
diff --git a/host/host_solaris.go b/host/host_solaris.go
index c6061b8..9180db5 100644
--- a/host/host_solaris.go
+++ b/host/host_solaris.go
@@ -9,86 +9,19 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
-	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/internal/common"
 )
 
-func Info() (*InfoStat, error) {
-	return InfoWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
-func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
-	result := &InfoStat{
-		OS: runtime.GOOS,
-	}
-
-	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	result.Hostname = hostname
-
-	// Parse versions from output of `uname(1)`
-	uname, err := exec.LookPath("uname")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	out, err := invoke.CommandWithContext(ctx, uname, "-srv")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	fields := strings.Fields(string(out))
-	if len(fields) >= 1 {
-		result.PlatformFamily = fields[0]
-	}
-	if len(fields) >= 2 {
-		result.KernelVersion = fields[1]
-	}
-	if len(fields) == 3 {
-		result.PlatformVersion = fields[2]
-	}
-
-	kernelArch, err := kernelArch()
-	if err == nil {
-		result.KernelArch = kernelArch
-	}
-
-	// Find distribution name from /etc/release
-	fh, err := os.Open("/etc/release")
+func HostIDWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	platform, err := parseReleaseFile()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer fh.Close()
-
-	sc := bufio.NewScanner(fh)
-	if sc.Scan() {
-		line := strings.TrimSpace(sc.Text())
-		switch {
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "SmartOS"):
-			result.Platform = "SmartOS"
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "OpenIndiana"):
-			result.Platform = "OpenIndiana"
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "OmniOS"):
-			result.Platform = "OmniOS"
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "Open Storage"):
-			result.Platform = "NexentaStor"
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "Solaris"):
-			result.Platform = "Solaris"
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "Oracle Solaris"):
-			result.Platform = "Solaris"
-		default:
-			result.Platform = strings.Fields(line)[0]
-		}
+		return "", err
 	}
 
-	switch result.Platform {
-	case "SmartOS":
+	if platform == "SmartOS" {
 		// If everything works, use the current zone ID as the HostID if present.
 		zonename, err := exec.LookPath("zonename")
 		if err == nil {
@@ -102,59 +35,45 @@ func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
 					if line == "global" {
 						hostname, err := os.Hostname()
 						if err == nil {
-							result.HostID = hostname
+							return hostname, nil
 						}
 					} else {
-						result.HostID = strings.TrimSpace(line)
-						break
+						return strings.TrimSpace(line), nil
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	// If HostID is still empty, use hostid(1), which can lie to callers but at
+	// If HostID is still unknown, use hostid(1), which can lie to callers but at
 	// this point there are no hardware facilities available.  This behavior
 	// matches that of other supported OSes.
-	if result.HostID == "" {
-		hostID, err := exec.LookPath("hostid")
+	hostID, err := exec.LookPath("hostid")
+	if err == nil {
+		out, err := invoke.CommandWithContext(ctx, hostID)
 		if err == nil {
-			out, err := invoke.CommandWithContext(ctx, hostID)
-			if err == nil {
-				sc := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(out))
-				for sc.Scan() {
-					line := sc.Text()
-					result.HostID = strings.TrimSpace(line)
-					break
-				}
+			sc := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(out))
+			for sc.Scan() {
+				line := sc.Text()
+				return strings.TrimSpace(line), nil
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Find the boot time and calculate uptime relative to it
-	bootTime, err := BootTime()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	result.BootTime = bootTime
-	result.Uptime = uptimeSince(bootTime)
+	return "", nil
+}
 
-	// Count number of processes based on the number of entries in /proc
+// Count number of processes based on the number of entries in /proc
+func numProcs(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	dirs, err := ioutil.ReadDir("/proc")
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return 0, err
 	}
-	result.Procs = uint64(len(dirs))
-
-	return result, nil
+	return uint64(len(dirs)), nil
 }
 
 var kstatMatch = regexp.MustCompile(`([^\s]+)[\s]+([^\s]*)`)
 
-func BootTime() (uint64, error) {
-	return BootTimeWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	kstat, err := exec.LookPath("kstat")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -174,80 +93,92 @@ func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	return strconv.ParseUint(kstats[0][2], 10, 64)
 }
 
-func Uptime() (uint64, error) {
-	return UptimeWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func UptimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	bootTime, err := BootTime()
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	return uptimeSince(bootTime), nil
-}
-
-func uptimeSince(since uint64) uint64 {
-	return uint64(time.Now().Unix()) - since
-}
-
-func Users() ([]UserStat, error) {
-	return UsersWithContext(context.Background())
+	return timeSince(bootTime), nil
 }
 
 func UsersWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]UserStat, error) {
 	return []UserStat{}, common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func SensorsTemperatures() ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
-	return SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
 	return []TemperatureStat{}, common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func Virtualization() (string, string, error) {
-	return VirtualizationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func VirtualizationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, error) {
 	return "", "", common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func KernelVersion() (string, error) {
-	return KernelVersionWithContext(context.Background())
+// Find distribution name from /etc/release
+func parseReleaseFile() (string, error) {
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/etc/release")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	s := string(b)
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+
+	var platform string
+
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasPrefix(s, "SmartOS"):
+		platform = "SmartOS"
+	case strings.HasPrefix(s, "OpenIndiana"):
+		platform = "OpenIndiana"
+	case strings.HasPrefix(s, "OmniOS"):
+		platform = "OmniOS"
+	case strings.HasPrefix(s, "Open Storage"):
+		platform = "NexentaStor"
+	case strings.HasPrefix(s, "Solaris"):
+		platform = "Solaris"
+	case strings.HasPrefix(s, "Oracle Solaris"):
+		platform = "Solaris"
+	default:
+		platform = strings.Fields(s)[0]
+	}
+
+	return platform, nil
 }
 
-func KernelVersionWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
-	// Parse versions from output of `uname(1)`
+// parseUnameOutput returns platformFamily, kernelVersion and platformVersion
+func parseUnameOutput(ctx context.Context) (string, string, string, error) {
 	uname, err := exec.LookPath("uname")
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", "", "", err
 	}
 
 	out, err := invoke.CommandWithContext(ctx, uname, "-srv")
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", "", "", err
 	}
 
 	fields := strings.Fields(string(out))
-	if len(fields) >= 2 {
-		return fields[1], nil
+	if len(fields) < 3 {
+		return "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("malformed `uname` output")
 	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("could not get kernel version")
+
+	return fields[0], fields[1], fields[2], nil
 }
 
-func PlatformInformation() (platform string, family string, version string, err error) {
-	return PlatformInformationWithContext(context.Background())
+func KernelVersionWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	_, kernelVersion, _, err := parseUnameOutput(ctx)
+	return kernelVersion, err
 }
 
-func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (platform string, family string, version string, err error) {
-	/* This is not finished yet at all. Please contribute! */
+func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, string, error) {
+	platform, err := parseReleaseFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", "", err
+	}
 
-	version, err = KernelVersion()
+	platformFamily, _, platformVersion, err := parseUnameOutput(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", "", err
 	}
 
-	return "solaris", "solaris", version, nil
+	return platform, platformFamily, platformVersion, nil
 }
diff --git a/host/host_windows.go b/host/host_windows.go
index e73c8c8..6d45458 100644
--- a/host/host_windows.go
+++ b/host/host_windows.go
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
-	"os"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
@@ -16,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/StackExchange/wmi"
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/internal/common"
-	process "github.com/shirou/gopsutil/process"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/process"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 )
 
@@ -64,66 +62,7 @@ type msAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature struct {
 	InstanceName       string
 }
 
-func Info() (*InfoStat, error) {
-	return InfoWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
-func InfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*InfoStat, error) {
-	ret := &InfoStat{
-		OS: runtime.GOOS,
-	}
-
-	{
-		hostname, err := os.Hostname()
-		if err == nil {
-			ret.Hostname = hostname
-		}
-	}
-
-	{
-		platform, family, version, err := PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx)
-		if err == nil {
-			ret.Platform = platform
-			ret.PlatformFamily = family
-			ret.PlatformVersion = version
-		} else {
-			return ret, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	{
-		kernelArch, err := kernelArch()
-		if err == nil {
-			ret.KernelArch = kernelArch
-		}
-	}
-
-	{
-		boot, err := BootTimeWithContext(ctx)
-		if err == nil {
-			ret.BootTime = boot
-			ret.Uptime, _ = Uptime()
-		}
-	}
-
-	{
-		hostID, err := getMachineGuid()
-		if err == nil {
-			ret.HostID = hostID
-		}
-	}
-
-	{
-		procs, err := process.PidsWithContext(ctx)
-		if err == nil {
-			ret.Procs = uint64(len(procs))
-		}
-	}
-
-	return ret, nil
-}
-
-func getMachineGuid() (string, error) {
+func HostIDWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	// there has been reports of issues on 32bit using golang.org/x/sys/windows/registry, see https://github.com/shirou/gopsutil/pull/312#issuecomment-277422612
 	// for rationale of using windows.RegOpenKeyEx/RegQueryValueEx instead of registry.OpenKey/GetStringValue
 	var h windows.Handle
@@ -153,8 +92,12 @@ func getMachineGuid() (string, error) {
 	return strings.ToLower(hostID), nil
 }
 
-func Uptime() (uint64, error) {
-	return UptimeWithContext(context.Background())
+func numProcs(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
+	procs, err := process.PidsWithContext(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return uint64(len(procs)), nil
 }
 
 func UptimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
@@ -170,17 +113,9 @@ func UptimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	return uint64((time.Duration(r1) * time.Millisecond).Seconds()), nil
 }
 
-func bootTimeFromUptime(up uint64) uint64 {
-	return uint64(time.Now().Unix()) - up
-}
-
 // cachedBootTime must be accessed via atomic.Load/StoreUint64
 var cachedBootTime uint64
 
-func BootTime() (uint64, error) {
-	return BootTimeWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	t := atomic.LoadUint64(&cachedBootTime)
 	if t != 0 {
@@ -190,15 +125,11 @@ func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	t = bootTimeFromUptime(up)
+	t = timeSince(up)
 	atomic.StoreUint64(&cachedBootTime, t)
 	return t, nil
 }
 
-func PlatformInformation() (platform string, family string, version string, err error) {
-	return PlatformInformationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (platform string, family string, version string, err error) {
 	// GetVersionEx lies on Windows 8.1 and returns as Windows 8 if we don't declare compatibility in manifest
 	// RtlGetVersion bypasses this lying layer and returns the true Windows version
@@ -212,7 +143,7 @@ func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (platform string, famil
 	}
 
 	// Platform
-	var h windows.Handle // like getMachineGuid(), we query the registry using the raw windows.RegOpenKeyEx/RegQueryValueEx
+	var h windows.Handle // like HostIDWithContext(), we query the registry using the raw windows.RegOpenKeyEx/RegQueryValueEx
 	err = windows.RegOpenKeyEx(windows.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, windows.StringToUTF16Ptr(`SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion`), 0, windows.KEY_READ|windows.KEY_WOW64_64KEY, &h)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -258,20 +189,12 @@ func PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (platform string, famil
 	return platform, family, version, nil
 }
 
-func Users() ([]UserStat, error) {
-	return UsersWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func UsersWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]UserStat, error) {
 	var ret []UserStat
 
 	return ret, common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func SensorsTemperatures() ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
-	return SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func SensorsTemperaturesWithContext(ctx context.Context) ([]TemperatureStat, error) {
 	var ret []TemperatureStat
 	var dst []msAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature
@@ -299,24 +222,16 @@ func kelvinToCelsius(temp uint32, n int) float64 {
 	return math.Trunc((t+0.5/n10)*n10) / n10
 }
 
-func Virtualization() (string, string, error) {
-	return VirtualizationWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func VirtualizationWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, string, error) {
 	return "", "", common.ErrNotImplementedError
 }
 
-func KernelVersion() (string, error) {
-	return KernelVersionWithContext(context.Background())
-}
-
 func KernelVersionWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
-	_, _, version, err := PlatformInformation()
+	_, _, version, err := PlatformInformationWithContext(ctx)
 	return version, err
 }
 
-func kernelArch() (string, error) {
+func KernelArch() (string, error) {
 	var systemInfo systemInfo
 	procGetNativeSystemInfo.Call(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&systemInfo)))