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 # Using thermald to avoid thermal throttling
 1. Install `thermald` for your distro, on many distros it might be installed by default
-2. Place thermal-conf.xml into the `/etc/thermald/` directory
+2. Copy the `thermal-conf.xml` file into the `/etc/thermald/` directory
 3. Depending on your ambient temperature you might want to lower the `<Temperature>` line to make thermald kick in more aggressively. (65000 = 65°C)
-4. Place thermal-cpu-cdev-order.xml into the `/etc/thermald/` directory
-5. `sudo systemctl restart thermald`
+4. Copy the `thermal-cpu-cdev-order.xml` file into the `/etc/thermald/` directory
+5. Run `sudo systemctl restart thermald`
 
 # Making Fedora respect your config files
 Fedora uses the `--adaptive` option by default, thus ignoring your config files. This might also apply to some other distros.