Constant calls to sync and fsync by dpkg are what slow down btrfs so much. If you want to try dpkg with syncing removed, I made a PPA for that: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/btrfs
Constant calls to sync and fsync by dpkg are what slow down btrfs so much. If you want to try dpkg with syncing removed, I made a PPA for that: https:/ /launchpad. net/~brian- rogers/ +archive/ btrfs