HOWTO : Cooler CPU under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
The faster the speed of CPU, the more heat it generates. If your computer (desktop, laptop or server) encounters CPU overheating, you need to slow the CPU speed down in order to keep the CPU more cooler. The more cooler CPU, the better performance for some situations.
Step 1 :
Step 2 :
Insert the following line to "/etc/rc.local" and before "exit 0" :
Step 3 :
Step 4 :
Reboot your box
Remark :
To rollback, just replace "powersave" to "ondemand" or "performance".
That's all! See you.
Step 1 :
sudo apt-get install linux-tools-common linux-tools-generic cpufrequtils thermald
Step 2 :
Insert the following line to "/etc/rc.local" and before "exit 0" :
sudo cpupower frequency-set -g powersave
Step 3 :
sudo sed -i 's/^GOVERNOR=.*/GOVERNOR="powersave"/' /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils
Step 4 :
Reboot your box
Remark :
To rollback, just replace "powersave" to "ondemand" or "performance".
That's all! See you.