Have you taken a look at sensors-applet (http://sensors-applet.sourceforge.net)?What's the current "right" way to tell Linux (F10 in my case) to slow down the CPU speed when the core temperature is too high? (aside from the box's built-in "turn on wind turbines before it melts" option ;)
Quote: "Behold the lowly turtle," the astronaut had quoted.
"He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out."
-- Ben Bova, from "Return to Mars"