I've installed Xubuntu after having Linux Mint (which, to note, also had the fans running loudly, maybe a bit less, but they were very loud still) and the fans are simply running all the time. I'm not sure what I should do to fix this. Here's my inxi -Fxz:
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 17-7779 v: N/A serial: <filter> Mobo: Dell model: 009VVM v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.27.0 date: 01/18/2019
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 1.5 Wh condition: 1.5/56.0 Wh (3%) model: Samsung SDI DELL J9NH26A status: Unknown Device-1: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M185 charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging
CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-7500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber Lake rev: 9 L2 cache: 4096 KiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 23199 Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 440.100 bus ID: 01:00.0 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: GeForce 940MX/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 440.100 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-42-generic
Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 02:00.0 IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 1.64 TiB (60.2%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172 size: 931.51 GiB ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD easystore 25FA size: 1.82 TiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 915.40 GiB used: 8.29 GiB (0.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0 C mobo: 51.0 C sodimm: 38.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 55 C Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 4720
Info: Processes: 218 Uptime: 1h 25m Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 2.77 GiB (17.9%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: N/A Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38 
