High temperature touching laptop

Hi guys, I’m using my laptop for some browsing and putting my hands on the keyboard I feel that the computer is too hot, not excessively anyway.
These are the temperatures I have detected, are they too high or am I wrong?
Than I have heard people complaining about the same problem, saying the problem is KDE, but I don’t know how true that can be true.
Thanks in advance.
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +49.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +49.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +47.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2: +48.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3: +47.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

pch_skylake-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +44.0°C

BAT0-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
in0: 11.68 V

acpitz-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
temp1: +47.0°C (crit = +128.0°C)

iwlwifi_1-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +32.0°C

thinkpad-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
fan1: 0 RPM
temp1: +47.0°C
temp2: N/A
temp3: +0.0°C
temp4: +0.0°C
temp5: +0.0°C
temp6: +0.0°C
temp7: +0.0°C
temp8: +0.0°C

BAT1-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
in0: 10.37 V``

These temperatures are totally fine, no reason to worry at all. :slightly_smiling_face:

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No, it’s not true. Running KDE Plasma does not increase the temperature. On my desktop computer with KDE Plasma ─ and barring a heatwave like we’ve just had over here ─ the average temperature sits around 34-35°C, and lower when the machine is idle.

Any temperature issues with a laptop are generally due to the much smaller CPU cooler and the less-than-optimal airflow.

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As @Wollie has said, temperatures looks normal for a laptop.

But I will add that when faced some overheating issues on my older laptop, I used thermald. But my CPUs were reaching temperatures around 75° C. Thermald brought this down to around 60° C.

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