Keeping track of your CPU Heat
If you've ever built your own computer, you've had anxiety about not having put everything together right and maybe even something critical, like the mechanisms that keep the computer and the CPU cool.
On Ubuntu you can intall the lm-sensors software which provides you with the
facilities to get information the various heat levels inside the computer.
> sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
> sensors
asus-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
cpu_fan: 0 RPM
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +27.8°C (crit = +119.0°C)
temp2: +29.8°C (crit = +119.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +26.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +23.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +24.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2: +24.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3: +24.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)