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[PyroDesu]

Regarding my laptop overheating, is there any way to determine whether the problem is with the fan or the heat sink without taking it apart?

How long have you had it and have you ever dusted it before?

Because dust is usually a default answer.

Also, if there's a problem with the fan, you'll either be hearing some horrible noises or no fan noise at all. The heat sink itself can't really have problems (other than dust or bad thermal contact) per se, being an inert block of metal.

Also, I fixed my network bridge issue - while the computers were making it out to be the desktop's fault, restarting the laptop (again) somehow fixed it.

[Bohandas]

Regarding my laptop overheating, is there any way to determine whether the problem is with the fan or the heat sink without taking it apart?

How long have you had it and have you ever dusted it before?

Because dust is usually a default answer.

Also, if there's a problem with the fan, you'll either be hearing some horrible noises or no fan noise at all. The heat sink itself can't really have problems (other than dust or bad thermal contact) per se, being an inert block of metal.

Had it two years, haven't dusted it. I suppose I'll have to look into figuring out how to do that.

[Gentlefish]

A can o' air to the fan exhaust and the keyboard will stir up plenty of dust for you.

[Bohandas]

Ok. I did that, and it's no longer going above 60 celcius on minor cpu usage, but it's still heating up to nearly 70C if I'm, for example, running a virus scan in the background as well (which I did to test how it would respond). I haven't tested it while running anything substantial like Fallout 3 yet (which formerly produced temperatures much higher than the load zi've tested so far did anyway and is actually the main thing I'm worried about; the above normal temperatures during regular operation being merely the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back and prompted me to seek assistance)

[Bohandas]

Is there any way to force a program to minimize to the taskbar instead of the system tray? The programs I've downloaded while attempting to deal with my computer's instability problem are really starting to piss me off.

EDIT:
Specifically, I'm trying to get the video card diagnostic program "GPU-Z" to minimize to the taskbar. I tried setting it to "Pin to taskbar" but for some reason that makes it shut down entirely every time I try to minimize it

[Bohandas]

Also, are there any (free) word processors for android that let you choose what directory the file is saved to as part of he "save as" function?

Preferably it should be sideloadable and should NOT support cloud based storage, but this is not essential.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Which Linux distributions do people recommend?

[Aklyon]

Which Linux distributions do people recommend?

I'd recommend Mint, if you're just asking in general.

[Bohandas]

All I know is to stay the hell away from Android...

[miauw62]

Android isn't a Linux distro, and why the fuck would you be using a mobile OS for something that's not mobile anyway?

[Aklyon]

Android isn't a Linux distro, and why the fuck would you be using a mobile OS for something that's not mobile anyway?

+This.

[Bohandas]

Android isn't a Linux distro, and why the fuck would you be using a mobile OS for something that's not mobile anyway?

+This.

I was being sarcastic Technically Android is a form of linux, but it's an extremely bastardized one (the implication being that if you have an Android mobile device you should make every attempt to root it, remove Android entirely, and install Debian/Ubuntu or Fedora or Gentoo or Slackware in it's place - which, for the record, is something that I really do believe; Like all mobile operation systems Android literally has no redeeming qualities [and no I am not misusing the word "literally". I mean to say - exactly - that there is absolutely no reason why anyone should ever prefer a mobile operating system over a desktop operating system on any device ever])

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Which Linux distributions do people recommend?

I'd recommend Mint, if you're just asking in general.

I'm wanting to upgrade a Windows machine I recently snagged cheaply from a 32-bit system to a 64-bit system, since my gaming ability is being hampered by the limitation.  By the way, does Mint come with the latest version of WINE?

[Arx]

It didn't last I checked, but I'm ~three releases behind the curve at the moment. It's not like it's hard to install, though.

[Thief^]

(the implication being that if you have an Android mobile device you should make every attempt to root it, remove Android entirely, and install Debian/Ubuntu or Fedora or Gentoo or Slackware in it's place - which, for the record, is something that I really do believe; Like all mobile operation systems Android literally has no redeeming qualities [and no I am not misusing the word "literally". I mean to say - exactly - that there is absolutely no reason why anyone should ever prefer a mobile operating system over a desktop operating system on any device ever])

You would use any number of keyboard & mouse centric Linux distros on a touch-only device?
Android's redeeming quality is that it and 99% of the apps for it are designed for a touch-only interface.
You would seriously use fedora on a phone?