I have been trying to get a Gnome Shell Ubuntu based distro set up for a long while now. I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and stripped out Unity but found I had to change other things to get a more vanilla Gnome experience. The emphasis on Unity and the awful Ambiance and Radiance themes along with the tedious browns and purples was still evident however. What about Linux Mint I thought?

I installed a fresh Linux Mint 14 and got rid of the Cinnamon desktop and installed Gnome Shell with some choice extensions. It looks beautiful. Now for a question: Why does my laptop no longer run hot when playing full screen YouTube videos? I have always run Ubuntu with Gnome Shell but CPU temperatures typically reached 85. Now with the same thing running it is about 45.