Psensor - Control you PC the temperature for Ubuntu

PSensor is a Graphical Hardware Temperature Monitor for Ubuntu/Linux/Fedora

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/AMD GPUs (experimental and requires compilation using libatiadlxx, support not enabled in Ubuntu PPAs).
• the temperature of the Hard Disk Drives (using hddtemp).
• the rotation speed of the fans (using lm-sensors).
• the CPU usage (since 0.6.2.10 and using Gtop2).

The version 0.5.1 introduces hot temperature alerts using desktop notification and Application Indicator.

To Install PSensor on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot open Terminal (Press Alt+F2 and type: gnome-terminal -or- Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jfi/psensor-unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install psensor

If you're using Other Distro go to the PSensor HomePage.