==== temperature sensing ====
=== Using the hard drive ===
  sudo apt-get install hddtemp
  hddtemp
=== lm_utils ===
[[http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-get-sensors-information/]]

== Install lm_sensors / lm-sensors package ==
This package may or may not be installed. Type the following command to install software on CentOS / RHEL / Fedora Linux:
  # yum install lm_sensors
If you are using Debian / Ubuntu Linux, enter:
  $ sudo apt-get install lm-sensors

== Configure lm_sensors == 
To detect hardware monitoring chips, type the following command as the root user:
  # sensors-detect
OR
  $ sudo sensors-detect

== Read sensors chip data ==
Type the following command at shell prompt:
  $ sensors

=== links ===
== usb device ==
[[http://www.camelspit.org/2008/02/29/envstick-usb-temperature-sensor/]]

== serial device (simple and multiple sensors) ==
[[http://martybugs.net/electronics/tempsensor/]]

=== OpenIPMI ===
Could this be useful??
  yum info OpenIPMI
  yum info OpenIPMI-tools

=== Other links ===
* see links on the following article

[[http://www.ghacks.net/2010/08/06/keeping-track-of-your-pcs-temperature-in-linux/]]

[[http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-laptop-battery-status-temperature/]]

[[http://martybugs.net/linux/hddtemp.cgi|Hard Drive Temperature Monitoring with RRDTool ]]

Vint Cerf mentioned these:

[[http://www.linuxmce.com]]

[[http://www.archrock.com/]]

Linux package "rrdtool" for storing data in a round robin fassion