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submitted 1 year ago by LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hello Penguins,

I'm looking for distro advice. For the last 4-5years I have rocked this laptop, MSI PS63 Modern RC. I have tried Debian, Garuda, Ubuntu, and now currently rocking Tumbleweed. Although I am statisfied with the current choice of distro, my laptop still overheats like crazy whenever its preasured even slightly, for example: doing updates, being on zoom for uni, or ofc low-end gaming.

I realise the laptop is old, but i really want it to last half a year longer before i start working for a company, which then will replace my need for having a personal laptop.

So, should I try a more lightweight distro or do you think the problem lies elsewhere? I've had the same issue across all other distros i've tried. I've looked at trying Alpine and MicroOS from openSUSE.

Appriciate any pointers!

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[-] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Have you tried running themald?

[-] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No have not heard of this before, will try it asap

[-] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago

Thermald is the way. I have a fanless pc that used to hit critical temperatures and restart quite often, but after using thermald and simple rules, it works fine now.

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