Mangohud works really great for this inside a game, but outside of that I am not sure what to turn to check temps at idle.

I would prefer a GUI tool (QT since I am on Plasma), but I am also comfortable with the terminal. What are you all using?

  • Telodzrum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Every GUI tool just uses the data from lm_sensors, so you’ll need to install that and have it identify the installed hardware sensors in your computer. After that, you can choose from a variety of GUI front ends; here is the Arch Wiki page with a list of common and popular GUI tools for this purpose.

    • million@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Thanks! Lm_sensors didn’t appear to be in the opensuse repo, but I will double check because it seems like a lot of things depend on it

  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    7 months ago

    The default system monitor application that comes with KDE can do this. You will need to click the “edit page” button in the top left, and create a custom layout that shows all the sensors you want. Here is mine:

    You can display the data using pie charts, text, line charts, etc.

    Once you create your layout, you can even turn it into a widget that you can have on your desktop or drop into your taskbar.