well, I didnt mean actual cobwebs lol, just meant all the dust bunnies :P Oh sorry forgot to say this is a desktop :) Christopher On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:42 PM, g <geleem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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
