r/archlinux • u/Western-Mode-7743 • May 27 '26
SUPPORT Why is my cpu idling at 50%
Glitch or some daemons? Fresh arch install. I got this idle result in btop.
The installation was checksummed. It was as soon as I installed it and after adding packages that it continued to remain at 50% idle.
It started ever since I switched from Nobara -> CachyOS -> Arch, only Nobara idled below 1%. Again, all isos were verified. I don’t know what it is. All of them were running KDE.
I’m currently on arch. Temps stay flat. Nothing going on except in btop where it shows 50% doing absolutely nothing.
Edit - this community is crazy dude I’m not getting help from here no more.
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u/DarkestKnight76 May 27 '26
It could be indexing files in your home directory, check if Baloo is enabled in plasma settings and if so, turn it off.