Just did a fresh wipe/install on a Macbook 8,1 that was given to me from UEFI USB. I have a personal hatred for OSX. It has decent machine specs, and I am getting into Linux because I work in IT. I'm a Jr. Sys Admin, but I mainly work with Windows, so I'm no noob to computers, just have a bit of a green thumb with Linux, I do know my basics though.

I've searched and searched with my Google-Fu skills, and am coming up short. I'm thinking I might need to go back to an earlier release of Ubuntu (14.04 I believe?), but I wanted to check here first.

I installed psensor and am seeing it's running between 60-70C which is a little hot for my tastes when I'm currently just browsing the web.

I've tried:

mbpfan to hardset the fan. it's sticking to around 2000RPM and won't go up to 6000RPM

2 different Intel Drivers, the one that's stock, and the one from "Additional Drivers"

Everything else I'm reading pops up with Nvidia drivers, but from my understanding this model does not have a dedicated GPU, when I run lshw I do not see an additional card.

It sucks because everything else is working splendid (Touchpad (including 2 finger scroll OOB), key brightness, screen brightness, sound, plays videos via Kodi/youtube/netflix, usb, charging indication, etc).

If anyone could help me point me in the right direction of alternative drivers, or at least point me in the right direction of and older release that might work better I'd appreciate it.

If I didn't provide enough information please let me know, I know many basic commands.