GNU/Linux Pop!_OS Installing Psensor – QuickStart Guide
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Psensor in Pop!_OS LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.
And Psensor for Pop!_OS is a Graphical Hardware Temperature Monitoring GUI.
It can Monitor:
- The temperature of the Motherboard and CPU Sensors (using lm-sensors).
- The temperature of the NVidia GPUs (using XNVCtrl).
- The temperature of ATI/AMDGPUs (not enabled in official distribution repositories, see the instructions for enabling its support).
- The temperature of the Hard Disk Drives (using hddtemp or libatasmart).
- The rotation Speed of the Fans (using lm-sensors).
- The CPU usage (using Gtop2).
Finally, the Software make use of:
- Lm_sensors (Linux monitoring sensors) a Free and Open-source App that provides Tools and Drivers for Monitoring Temperatures, Voltage, and Fans.
- Hddtemp a small Utility (with daemon) that gives the Hard-Drive Temperature via S.M.A.R.T. (for drives supporting this feature).
1. Terminal QuickStart
How to QuickStart with Command Line on Pop!_OS:
First Update the Apt Repo Sources with:
sudo apt update
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