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Written by Larvitz :fedora: :redhat: on 2025-01-20 at 11:27

I have a Lenovo T14s as my personal laptop, running Fedora Linux on it. I’ve never heard the fans, unless compiling larger chunks of software or when stressing the device with complex tasks like gaming.

Now I’ve got the same device model from one of my customers, but it’s running Windows 11. The fan is spinning all the time and constantly switching between annoyingly loud and insanely loud. Even when the system is just idling with just a chat application and one browser window open.

How can an operating system be such a resource hog and why thefuq is this so widely used?! My power meter socket shows almost triple the average draw that my personal device with Linux is consuming.

Tonight, I’ll probably dream about those constant fan noises brrrrrr :facepalm:

[#]linux #windows #lenovo #thinkpad #fansound

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Written by Truls on 2025-01-20 at 11:40

@Larvitz Same with Windows 10 - the fan basically never stops

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Written by Larvitz :fedora: :redhat: on 2025-01-20 at 11:42

@truls46 I’m close to get out to the next electronics store and grabbing a 5m hdmi extension, so I can put the notebook further away from my desk.

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Written by Twitom on 2025-01-20 at 11:52

@Larvitz I'm sure if you used a Windows debloating tool such as https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil it could at least be bearable

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Toot

Written by Larvitz :fedora: :redhat: on 2025-01-20 at 11:54

@Twitom it’s a customer device, provided for work. I don’t have administrative rights or the permission to run any custom software on it.

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