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> We have the exact same machines, yet mine somehow basically never has its fan on running Linux and compiling Rust, whereas theirs is often audible while runni
by Merad 3y ago
> We have the exact same machines, yet mine somehow basically never has its fan on running Linux and compiling Rust, whereas theirs is often audible while running Windows with a couple of chrome tabs open and outlook.
I think some of this is just poor defaults. Every windows laptop I've had in the last 10 years has defaulted to a thermal management profile that ran the fans aggressively. Usually you have to install some crapware from the manufacturer (it's "Dell Optimizer" on my current machine) that allows you to change the thermal profile to quiet mode, and it's totally fine after that.
- vladvasiliu 3y agoI can buy that, but, anecdotally, my machine is noticeably warmer when I'm under Windows [0], and it does blow its fan too, just like my colleagues'. So, I don't think it's just a question of fan profiles. Plus, on Linux, I can't control the fan. I can't even read its speed. On Windows, they have all the "recommended" HP crap, but it's true that I didn't fiddle with those, and I doubt my colleagues did, either. --- [0] I do use Windows rarely, but when I do, it's for fairly long stretches (multiple days on end) so it has the time to do its scanning, updating and whatever elsing.