I like that it takes automatic backups of my important stuff with btrfs because I'm too lazy to do it myself. I think that's the main reason it runs heavier. Probably better to do it your way if you know what you're doing.

[–] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, it has nothing to do with BTRFS.
BTRFS is barely slower than EXT4; you wouldn't even notice the difference.
I use BTRFS on Arch with a plain KDE plasma desktop and it has no such slowdown experienced with the Garuda equivalent.
I believe it's because they enable a bunch of resource heavy effects, such as wobbly windows and have a few extra background processes; things not enabled or included in a plain Arch install by default.

[–] thepoaster@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the info.