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Once again I tried posting from the wrong return address ... Updating to 2.6.10 kernel / "Hoary Hedgehog" seems to have helped the thermal problems -- 2.6.10 has the ibm-apci kernel mods built in. I've also put a laptop cooler under it pro-tempore. I thought from the docs that I'd get better heat control if I switched from "powernow" to "cpudyn" as the userspace throttle-policy-bot, but when I rebooted this morning the throttle was full-speed-ahead and the CPU temp was climbing fast, so I switched on the cooler and did a quick re-install of "powernow" with synaptic, and reboot again. And this time remembered to change the screensaver from one of the trig-and-graphics-heavy cpu-burners to a nice slow lame barcodes that should let it REST instead of toast. Ubuntu is pretty cool aside from heating up the laptop the first time - Default install includes Gaim, Firefox and Evolution (email), all seem quite good. I do now see why some people find paying for Mandrake commercial install a convenience, the Debian-style Firefox from Ubuntu comes without Java support.
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