On 04/03/14 12:48, christopher marlow wrote:
I posted earlier about my fans running a bit hard when I open firefox. I deleted the emails on accident so im sorry im having
> to make this a new topic. what is happening with firefox is something that has been brought up many times in the firefox support group. it is a know fact that firefox causes laptop fans to run faster and if you run "top" command, you will see that not only does firefox use a lot of %CPU, it is also heavy on %MEM and such will increase over time thru usage to a point where firefox will hog both. having several firefox tabs open is not as bad as having several firefox windows open. conditions of which you do not mention. when firefox gets over 30% of memory, best thing to do is to totally close firefox, watch "top" for it to clear out of memory and start it again. if you have tabs open that you wish to reopen, right click on a tab and select "Bookmark All Tabs...".
But I dont think my system ran hard on Ubuntu. ( but I used KDE then) but it seems like when I log in to MATE on F20 my fans pick up
> more of a bit faster speed than on the log in screen. and so it should be. you need to consider what cpu is doing in the 2 different states and understand that cpu is handling more in one that the other.
I have cleaned the cobwebs out and everything earlier towards the
> last part of march but here is my Sensors readings: if you are having to clean out cobwebs, you may want to consider using laptop in a cleaner environment and using Raid bug spray in room once in a while. ;-) -- peace out. in a world with out fences, who needs gates. tc.hago. g . -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
