How do I get fan control working?

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Published on 2011-09-29T16:27:30Z Indexed on 2013/06/25 4:29 UTC
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I know there something called fancontrol, that enables you to control the speed of your system's ventilation. I'd like to let my fans spin a bit faster as my laptop is heating up very easilly. All tutorials and stuff I've found are for old versions of Ubuntu and don't seem to be working anymore.

Can anyone explain to me or give me a good link on how I can get it working on Ubuntu? Something different with the same effect is also fine.

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