For photography use, is Unity is overheating my laptop? Should I try OpenSuse instead?
- by SoT
I am a perfect noob here in the Linux world. Previously was using Windows 7.
Mine is an HP laptop - Intel core2duo T5470 @ 1.60GHz × 2 / 965GM with 2GB RAM.
I installed Ubuntu 12.04TLS and is quite liking it's display. I really recognized it is 3D before knowing it was Unity 3D interface. My uses are image editing, home uses, downloads, browsing etc.. No video-editing/gaming at all. Being a Photography enthusiast I use image editing programs fairly more.
But I am now feeling my laptop is getting a bit overheated - processor and hard-disk.
I tried lm-sensor and could not make out much of it. Installed Xsensors.7. It gives the same output as lm-sensors gave me. It gives temperature for 4 things Temp1, temp2, temp3, and temp4. For "acpitz". Please guide me in this.
However I wanted to ask something more.
Which one is better for working with images - photography I mean - openSUSE 12.1 or Ubuntu with unity 3D? Can I get the display quality with the openSUSE distribution? I heard for laptops openSUSE uses power more efficiently, is there any truth?
Please suggest me whether I should try openSUSE or not. If so with which GUI? KDE or GNOME?
Thanks in advance.
Regards
SoT