Is KDE Slower Than Linux Mint Cinnamon or Am I doing something wrong?

I just switched from Linux Mint to Manjaro. However, it feels extremely slow and sluggish. Even opening the file manager sometimes takes a long time.

Please tell me what can I do to speed it up? Also, how do I post system info here? I am running a Ryzen 1700

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Check if baloo is the reason by

balooctl check
balooctl disable
nano --backup ~/.config/baloofilerc
balooctl purge
balooctl enable
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Alright. I will check. Also, how do I post system information?

Why asking the same question twice when was answered in the provided link? Please read that and do accordingly.

There are reasons why we actually use
inxi -Fazy

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Apologies. I didn’t see the answer given above as it seemed to be an automated reply. I am trying to post system info right now. Thank you.

I can’t seem to post the system information. Is says “Sorry links are not allowed”

Is explained how to use formatted text …

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Not a link! Copy an paste the whole output here. Use the symbol </> Preformatted text

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System:
  Kernel: 5.10.59-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=19d7a8d1-9834-4ea6-a322-f3c22dd25c66 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=1d929796-cb4c-4c51-873c-6fa128b0196d 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B350-PLUS v: Rev X.0x 
  serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5602 date: 07/14/2020 
CPU:
  Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 
  family: 17 (23) model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 8001138 cache: L2: 4 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 95850 
  Speed: 2995 MHz min/max: 1550/3000 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2995 2: 1275 3: 1275 4: 1274 5: 1362 6: 1699 7: 1357 8: 1373 9: 1275 
  10: 1274 11: 1359 12: 1864 13: 1372 14: 1359 15: 2760 16: 1274 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
  disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 3GB] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia 
  v: 470.63.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 07:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10de:1c02 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Logitech Webcam C310 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: 046d:081b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3600x1200 s-dpi: 90 s-size: 1016x346mm (40.0x13.6") 
  s-diag: 1073mm (42.3") 
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-0 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 90 
  size: 473x296mm (18.6x11.7") diag: 558mm (22") 
  Monitor-2: DP-2 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 518x324mm (20.4x12.8") 
  diag: 611mm (24.1") 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB/PCIe/SSE2 
  v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403 
  Device-3: Logitech Webcam C310 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: 046d:081b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.59-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.33 running: no 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 
  bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 369.3 GiB (13.2%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102 
  size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: CC43 scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000VX007-2AY102 
  size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: <filter> rev: CV11 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 251.42 GiB size: 246.41 GiB (98.01%) 
  used: 28.08 GiB (11.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 510 MiB size: 509 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20 
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1004.49 GiB size: 987.65 GiB (98.32%) 
  used: 173.25 GiB (17.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 51 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 294 Uptime: 22m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.35 GiB 
  used: 1.71 GiB (5.4%) Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl Compilers: 
  gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1269 lib: 359 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06 

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I would say, same as @Wollie, that you check baloo service.

But seeing your specs, I would also like to recommend that you add a SSD to your machine (NVMe if possible) for the OS. Then you are going to feel quite an improvement.

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It was most likely the file indexer. Thank you.

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