Often Slow Website Loading and Applications Sometimes Slow to Respond

Hey. Bear with me here as I haven’t used Linux in over a decade, but I’m trying to make a permanent transition now due to my various concerns with the direction of Windows.

I’m having issues with websites loading slowly, often on first load. If I were to go to YouTube right now, about half of the images for video previews would load and the other half after several seconds. Same issue with Reddit. Sometimes websites take a few extra seconds to even start loading. I play [edit:game] on [edit:client] and (changing between servers) is also very slow now. Applications, such as “Add/Remove Software,” sometimes need to be launched twice, same for closing some specific programs, but that’s extremely inconsistent so I’m not sure if it’s a major issue and I can only really replicate it on one program.

I was trying various things from online with tlp and Powertop while trying to tackle a CPU heating issue and I think this is when it first started happening, but, like the idiot I am, I did not keep track of exactly what I was doing and realized too late that I’ve forgotten so much about Linux that I don’t know how to backtrack.

Due to the above the only thing useful in the “how to get support” thread that I could find was system information. I’ll post that below. Maybe someone has run into this issue before. Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: Primary browser is Brave. The same websites appear to be loading slower on Firefox, but with all images coming up at the same time, so I kind of suspect it’s the same thing there but the browser is handling the slow loading images differently. Speedtest is good (~1Gbps), ping to various websites is good (~11ms to YouTube), all the same as on Windows.

  Kernel: 6.9.5-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.9-x86_64
    root=UUID=49bca5e6-fcf6-44ea-bdf0-cf86d5d304aa rw quiet splash
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.5 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: N/A
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX Z790-E GAMING WIFI II v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <filter> part-nu: SKU uuid: 01a51beb-fa6b-f29a-fa38-e89c25c57343
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1301 date: 05/22/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 87% condition: N/A volts: 4.0 min: N/A
    model: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A
    serial: <filter> status: discharging
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 64 GiB available: 62.54 GiB used: 6.75 GiB (10.8%)
  Array-1: capacity: 256 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 64 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Controller0-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: Controller0-DIMM1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous size: 32 GiB
    speed: 6400 MT/s volts: curr: 1.1 min: 1.1 max: 1.4 width (bits): data: 64
    total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl part-no: F5-6400J3239G32G
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: Controller1-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: Controller1-DIMM1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous size: 32 GiB
    speed: 6400 MT/s volts: curr: 1.1 min: 1.1 max: 1.4 width (bits): data: 64
    total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl part-no: F5-6400J3239G32G
    serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Slot: 0 type: PCIe gen: 5 lanes: 16 status: in use length: long volts: 3.3
    bus-ID: 00:01.0 children: 1: 01:00.0 class-ID: 0300 type: display 2: 01:00.1
    class-ID: 0403 type: audio
  Slot: 1 type: PCIe gen: 4 lanes: phys: 4 active: 16 status: unavailable
    length: long volts: 3.3 bus-ID: N/A
  Slot: 2 type: PCIe gen: 4 lanes: phys: 4 active: 16 status: available
    length: long volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:1a.0
  Slot: N/A type: N/A lanes: 4 status: unavailable info: M.2 length: short
    volts: 3.3 bus-ID: N/A
  Slot: N/A type: N/A lanes: 4 status: in use info: M.2 length: short
    volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:06.0 children: 1: 02:00.0 class-ID: 0108
    type: mass-storage
  Slot: N/A type: N/A lanes: 4 status: in use info: M.2 length: short
    volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:1b.4 children: 1: 05:00.0 class-ID: 0108
    type: mass-storage
  Slot: N/A type: N/A lanes: 4 status: available info: M.2 length: short
    volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:1d.0
  Slot: N/A type: N/A lanes: 4 status: unavailable info: M.2 length: short
    volts: 3.3 bus-ID: N/A
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-14700K socket: LGA1700 bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 14 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x123
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 20 mt: 8 tpc: 2 st: 12 threads: 28 smt: enabled
    cache: L1: 1.8 MiB desc: d-12x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB, 12x64 KiB
    L2: 28 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 3x4 MiB L3: 33 MiB desc: 1x33 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1877 high: 5297 min/max: 800/5500:5600:4300
    base/boost: 5500/8500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
    volts: 1.4 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 2293 2: 2872 3: 5276 4: 5297
    5: 1538 6: 800 7: 1329 8: 800 9: 4989 10: 800 11: 1811 12: 800 13: 4000
    14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 21: 4014 22: 800
    23: 2656 24: 1912 25: 800 26: 800 27: 2588 28: 800 bogomips: 191436
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_lbr arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2
    bts clflush clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8
    de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
    flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni hfi ht hwp hwp_act_window
    hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibt ida intel_pt
    invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri
    msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pclmulqdq pconfig pdcm
    pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed
    rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep serialize sha_ni smap smep smx split_lock_detect
    ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tme tpr_shadow
    tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip user_shstk vaes vme
    vmx vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
    xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
    conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA AD102 [GeForce RTX 4090] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
    v: 550.90.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
    status: current (as of 2024-06) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
    process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    ports: active: none off: DP-2,DP-3 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2684 class-ID: 0300
  Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5120x1440 s-dpi: 108 s-size: 1204x342mm (47.40x13.46")
    s-diag: 1252mm (49.28")
  Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: right res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109
    size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27.01") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: DP-4 pos: primary,left res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (26.97") modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.90.07
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 23.43 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 driver: nvidia v: 550.90.07
    device-ID: 10de:2684 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA AD102 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22ba class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Razer USA Nari Ultimate driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.2:4
    chip-ID: 1532:051a class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: ASUSTek USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:5
    chip-ID: 0b05:1a97 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.9.5-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
    1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 7 AX1775 /AX1790 /BE20 /BE401/BE1750 2x2
    driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 1 link-max:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:272b class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I226-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 07:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:125c class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno2 state: up speed: 2500 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:15 chip-ID: 8087:0038 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller Intel
    driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:a77f rev:
    class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 24.54 TiB used: 5.44 TiB (22.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD BLACK SN850X 4000GB size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 624361WD temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 17d 3h cycles: 6
    read-units: 7,573,541 [3.87 TB] written-units: 9,439,803 [4.83 TB]
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 102000WD temp: 40.9 C scheme: MBR
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 3y 20d 1h cycles: 2,899
    read-units: 33,129,154 [16.9 TB] written-units: 21,711,889 [11.1 TB]
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 QVO 2TB
    family: based SSDs size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    sata: 3.2 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q
    temp: 29 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 2y 81d 6h cycles: 2052
    written: 9.23 TiB Pre-Fail: reallocated sector: 99 threshold: 10
  ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: PNY model: SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-533
    size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.1
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1101 temp: 35 C
    scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 2y 260d 23h cycles: 5181
    read: 43.4 MiB written: 44.2 MiB
  ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST12000VN0007-2GS116
    family: IronWolf size: 10.91 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
    sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: SC60 temp: 34 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 8d 0h cycles: 48
    read: 1.98 TiB written: 4.37 TiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
    value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
  ID-6: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0 family: Ultrastar (He10/12) size: 7.28 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.1 spd: 5 Gb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 sata: 3.2 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3012 drive-rev: 83.H0A83 temp: 35 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 183d 14h cycles: 8228
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1 TiB size: 1010 GiB (98.33%) used: 188.54 GiB (18.7%)
    fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:5 label: N/A
    uuid: 49bca5e6-fcf6-44ea-bdf0-cf86d5d304aa
  ID-2: /run/media/andy/HDD (SATA3) raw-size: 10.91 TiB
    size: 10.91 TiB (100.00%) used: 2.68 TiB (24.5%) fs: ntfs block-size: 4096 B
    dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 label: HDD (SATA3) uuid: 46D877E6D877D323
  ID-3: /run/media/andy/SATA1 raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 861.39 GiB (46.2%) fs: ntfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1 label: SATA1 uuid: 7A2A7E8D2A7E45E3
  ID-4: /run/media/andy/SATA2 raw-size: 445.99 GiB
    size: 445.99 GiB (100.00%) used: 246.38 GiB (55.2%) fs: ntfs
    block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20 label: SATA2
    uuid: 7400BC2B00BBF26A
  ID-5: /run/media/andy/m2_2 raw-size: 2.64 TiB size: 2.64 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 1.19 TiB (45.2%) fs: ntfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:4 label: M2_2 uuid: 2CD2E717D2E6E3D4
  ID-6: /run/media/andy/m2_3 raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 310.66 GiB (66.7%) fs: ntfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
    maj-min: 259:1 label: M2_3 uuid: 4CF84E99F84E80E6
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3 size: 16 MiB fs: N/A label: N/A
    uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 529 MiB fs: ntfs label: Recovery
    uuid: E882B77C82B74DB6
  ID-3: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: A4BA-6691
  ID-4: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 size: 16 MiB fs: N/A label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-5: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21 size: 525 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 28E87537E875047A
  ID-6: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 16 MiB fs: N/A label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-7: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49 size: 7.28 TiB fs: ntfs label: easystore
    uuid: A4FADDCCFADD9ABE
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: ASMedia ASM1074 High-Speed hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 174c:2074 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.2:4 info: Razer USA Nari Ultimate type: audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 6 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 1532:051a class-ID: 0300
  Hub-3: 1-2:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 05e3:0610
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-4:5 info: ASUSTek USB Audio type: audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 8 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 0b05:1a97 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-4: 1-5:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 05e3:0610
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 1-5.1:8 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5.2:10 info: Logitech Lightspeed Receiver
    type: keyboard,mouse,HID driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c539 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-6: 1-6:7 info: VIA Labs USB2.0 Hub ports: 5 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 2109:2817
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-6.1:16 info: Razer USA Nari Ultimate type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1532:051b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-6.2:12 info: Logitech PowerPlay Wireless Charging System
    type: keyboard,mouse,HID driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 498mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c53a class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 1-6.5:14 info: VIA Labs USB Billboard Device type: billboard
    driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 2109:8886 class-ID: 1100 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 1-8:9 info: USB HID GMMK PRO type: keyboard,mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 320f:5044 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-7: 1-10:11 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-13:13 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 16mA chip-ID: 0b05:19af class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-14:15 info: Intel type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 8087:0038 class-ID: e001
  Hub-8: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1
    speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 2-1:2 info: ASMedia ASM1074 SuperSpeed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 8mA
    chip-ID: 174c:3074 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-10: 2-2:3 info: Genesys Logic USB3.2 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 05e3:0625
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-11: 2-4:4 info: Genesys Logic USB3.2 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 05e3:0625
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-12: 2-4.1:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 05e3:0612
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-4.4:7 info: Western Digital easystore Desktop (WDBCKA)
    type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.1
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 8mA
    chip-ID: 1058:25fb class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-13: 2-5:5 info: VIA Labs USB3.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 2109:0817
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.5 C mobo: 31.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 46 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 713 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 0 fan-5: 0 fan-6: 0
    fan-7: 0 gpu: nvidia fan: 52%
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1461 libs: 468 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirrors.cicku.me/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirror.phoepsilonix.love/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: http://mirror.is.co.za/mirrors/manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 509
  1: cpu: 85.9% command: java pid: 10550 mem: 2271.8 MiB (3.5%)
  2: cpu: 20.9% command: brave pid: 9199 mem: 376.9 MiB (0.5%)
  3: cpu: 7.7% command: brave pid: 8967 mem: 224.8 MiB (0.3%)
  4: cpu: 7.3% command: brave pid: 11295 mem: 277.2 MiB (0.4%)
  5: cpu: 5.7% command: kwin_x11 pid: 1965 mem: 232.5 MiB (0.3%)
  Memory top: 5 of 509
  1: mem: 2271.8 MiB (3.5%) command: java pid: 10550 cpu: 85.9%
  2: mem: 632.9 MiB (0.9%) command: plasmashell pid: 2039 cpu: 4.4%
  3: mem: 492.3 MiB (0.7%) command: brave pid: 8927 cpu: 4.8%
  4: mem: 465.9 MiB (0.7%) command: Discord pid: 2498 cpu: 5.0%
  5: mem: 376.9 MiB (0.5%) command: brave pid: 9199 cpu: 20.9%
Info:
  Processes: 509 Power: uptime: 50m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 24.99 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    thermald, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: Sudo (sudo) v: 1.9.15p5
    default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.35

Note: Solution was the DNS portion of the reply, not the browser.

If your CPU’s overheating, it could be that something is hammering it. You could check this in a terminal by running

htop

If you’re using KDE Plasma on a new install, it’s possible (indeed likely) that baloo is the culprit. If that turns out to be what’s causing the problem, the following commands will stop it and prevent it from running again:

balooctl6 suspend
balooctl6 purge
balooctl6 disable

The first line should stop it running, the second will clear its data and the third will prevent it automatically starting again.

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I apologize for asking questions that are probably deemed “too simple,” but could you explain what baloo does? After playing too much with things like Powertop I’ve been reminded that I should know what the things I’m playing with are doing, and that it’d also be good to know for the long-term anyway.

and regarding htop output nothing looks like it’s using too much outside the one game. The heating issue has been mostly resolved (I think), but I’m probably going to try reapplying thermal paste just in case since I did run into a small issue that may have created some bubbles in it while installing the heatsink. I’m mostly concerned about the network issues.

It’s the file indexer of KDE Plasma. It can run in two modes…:

  • index only the filenames; or
  • index filenames and file content.

It can of course also — as @beermad said already — be disabled.

It’s a very complex file indexer, which in my personal opinion has no useful value whatsoever, especially when it can cause so many problems.

The big problem with it is that unless it’s carefully configured (which it isn’t by default) it will try to index every byte of pretty much every file on your computer. And left to its own devices on a new install, this can run for days, using very high CPU.

It may be useful if properly configured and you have a need to be able to quickly find files according to their content (though frankly, grep will do that anyway), but I have my doubts that most people will find it useful. The standard utility mlocate (which should also run by default) does a very efficient job of indexing files by name so that if, for example you know you have a file called “SomeTune.flac” but aren’t sure of its location, all you have to do is type:
locate SomeTune.flac
and it’ll tell you where it is.

Though as htop isn’t showing anything much going mad, it sounds like baloo isn’t your problem.

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Some java app is almost completely using one core of his cpu.

Don’t know if this is it, i mean, you still have the other cores…should’t be it, but just noting.

I was hoping that the update would fix some of this but, unfortunately, the primary issue stated in the OP is still happening. I took a screenshot of the issue that occurs on YouTube as it’s more noticeable. Ignore the blurring, that’s just for privacy reasons. Image previews of the videos will often take a few extra seconds to load. This sometimes also extends to the profile pictures for the channels and isn’t always every image at once - sometimes half will load immediately and the other half will take a while. This also happens pretty often on Reddit. Usually it’s the banner that takes a bit to load, but sometimes also image previews for posts.

I’m kind of lost as to how to fix this.

I suppose you’ve tried a different browser – Vivaldi, for example:

sudo pacman -S vivaldi

From your general description, I’d usually guess it was somehow DNS related.

Yeah, I had noted that I tried it in Firefox before, but I also tried it in Vivaldi since you suggested it and the same exact thing is happening. I tried Google Public DNS at one point during troubleshooting and didn’t see any improvement.

Strangely, I’m experiencing much of the same, right now; though it has nothing to do with Manjaro (logged into Windows currently).

I logged over to Windows and it wasn’t happening there (default DNS). I did apply Google Public DNS on Manjaro again and it appears to be working better now? Then again, it’s always been a pretty inconsistent thing. I’ll post reply here again if it starts happening again.

Thanks for your help.

Which again tends to indicate DNS or related issues.

I find Cisco’s ThousandEyes is handy to quicky see if any global outages might potentially affect me locally:

Cheers.

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This may or may not be relevant, but Firefox applies its own DNS settings unless you disable DNS over HTTPS in its settings. So changing your system-wide DNS may not have any effect.

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