I don't think Ubuntu is responsible for heatup. It can be various reasons.
I also occasionally run into same problem. I have a laptop with hybrid
graphics, and for instance, video call with skype gives me a lot of problem
taking 100% CPU often. So it seems it is my ATI graphics driver issue.
First
I switched to Unity 2D and disabled OpenGl on Cairo dock. Now it's doing
okay. Thanks.
On Tuesday, May 15, 2012, deeps wrote:
the problem may be because of some hardware running haphazardly...may be
due to improper installation of driver...
mine notebook has hybrid graphics..when i had not
I installed ubuntu 12.04 yesterday and it seems the cpu is at full throttle
most of the times. And it freakin heats up all the time. The fan is roaring
every once in a while. Prior to this, i was running windows and this issue
didn't exist. Is there any way i can make it heat up less? I have
