To check our linux system’s temperature

To find out more about your system’s temperature, install acpi. Then do a simple

ftp://194.199.20.114/linux/fedora/updates/13/i386/acpi-1.5-1.fc13.i686.rpm

acpi -V

Ex:

Battery 0: Full, 100%
Battery 0: design capacity 7800 mAh, last full capacity 4988 mAh = 63%
Adapter 0: on-line
Thermal 0: ok, 63.5 degrees C
Thermal 0: trip point 0 switches to mode critical at temperature 126.0 degrees C
Cooling 0: Processor 0 of 10