Hello friends. For some reason Linux, not just EndeavourOS, tends to use much of my CPU causing it to freeze sometimes mainly when I install a package or transfer data from my USB stick to the system. It is odd since I run Windows on the same pc (dual booting from a different drive) and it runs just fine without freezing, so could it be a driver issue or something else? This Linux newbie would really appreciate it
CPU info and Neofetch for reference
$ inxi -Ca
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i3-12100F bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 5
microcode: 0x2C
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2421 high: 4295 min/max: 800/5500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 600 2: 673 3: 4295
4: 3300 5: 3300 6: 3300 7: 600 8: 3300 bogomips: 52856
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
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: retbleed 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 IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
$ neofetch
./o. aster@asterpc
./sssso- -------------
`:osssssss+- OS: EndeavourOS Linux x86_64
`:+sssssssssso/. Host: B660 DS3H AC DDR4-Y1
`-/ossssssssssssso/. Kernel: 6.2.6-arch1-1
`-/+sssssssssssssssso+:` Uptime: 2 hours, 49 mins
`-:/+sssssssssssssssssso+/. Packages: 856 (pacman)
`.://osssssssssssssssssssso++- Shell: bash 5.1.16
.://+ssssssssssssssssssssssso++: Resolution: 1920x1080
.:///ossssssssssssssssssssssssso++: DE: Cinnamon 5.6.7
`:////ssssssssssssssssssssssssssso+++. WM: Mutter (Muffin)
`-////+ssssssssssssssssssssssssssso++++- WM Theme: cinnamon (Adwaita)
`..-+oosssssssssssssssssssssssso+++++/` Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
./++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++/:. Icons: Qogir-dark [GTK2/3]
`:::::::::::::::::::::::::------`` Terminal: gnome-terminal
CPU: 12th Gen Intel i3-12100F (8) @ 5.500GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Memory: 1320MiB / 7786MiB