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I’m sitting in class the other day and my computer seems to be making a lot of noise, wondering what could be going on I start to explore.
earobinson@NaN:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone$ cd /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/
earobinson@NaN:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM$ ls
cooling_mode polling_frequency state temperature trip_points
earobinson@NaN:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM$ cat *
<setting not supported>
cooling mode: critical
<polling disabled>
state: ok
temperature: 57 C
critical (S5): 90 ;
Now to explain /proc is a “directory” created during boot up that contains a lot of information about your computer.

Other files of interest are:
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0 (folder) battery info
/proc/uptime uptime info
/proc/version version info
/proc/cpuinfo cpu info

Let me know what info you can find in /proc.

Oh ya I was able to determine that I had a process that was using up all my cpu causing the fan to run on high using the top command.

Oh Ya I guess we could also call this my hello world post to planet ubuntu

Hello World!