[Tfug] SuSE Overheating & Console OGG/MP3 Ripping

[Bill M.]

I'm back on Linux as my main box (Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop) -- wiped 
all traces of WinXP/Dell utility partitions and have SuSE 9.3 Pro loaded 
on. Yea! (Of course, there is a little Apache/Samba/Folding at Home and 
SETI Search box as well as the Smoothwall firewall box at home.)

I've noticed some heat build up issues since the change to SuSE: tried 
using Grip in KDE and the rip and encode got part way through, then SuSE 
reported immediate shutdown because of heat. Happened two times on 
different days. I was at home with the swamp cooler on. I haven't 
checked the laptop's exhaust fans yet.

So, I've loaded XFCE 4.2 on and things run much cooler -- verify this 
with #cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/trip_points -- gives max temp allowed
then do #cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/temperature to report current temp.

Fascinating to watch in KDE with Firefox open on a site like Yahoo with 
lots of animated GIFs -- big spike! Yes, ACPId is running and I have the 
appropriate options checked in the different window managers.

To the subject line, can anyone recommend their favorite (or one they've 
heard about) console-based CD rip-encode application? I have verified 
that CDparanoia and Jack are loaded, also the Java RE is running fine -- 
jEdit loads great and FreeMind (my favorite brainstorming tool.) I would 
like the choice of MP3 (LAME encoding installed already) or OGG encoded 
files. If the app can do the rip and encoding without creating an 
intermediate WAV file, that would be great. I've googled on this, but 
there are so many apps out there -- other's experiences and opinions 
would be a great help.

TIA -- your responses are much appreciated!

-*-Bill