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Configure HP printer in fedora

Default Printer application in GNOME (fedora 33) is not able to successfully configure wireless printer, it needs to be done manually:

sudo dnf install hplip hplip-gui
sudo hp-setup

Select Network/Ethernet/Wireless network and your printer will appear in the list. Follow the instructions and add the printer.

· 29 Jan 2021

Install multimedia codecs in fedora

If you are experiencing high CPU usage when watching videos on youtube, verify that the following packages are installed (requires RPMFusion repository):

# RPMFuison repositories
sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

# Codecs
sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-{bad-\*,good-\*,base} gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 gstreamer1-libav --exclude=gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel
sudo dnf install lame\* --exclude=lame-devel
sudo dnf group upgrade --with-optional Multimedia

CPU usage for i3-8100T is down from 80% to 50% with this video sample

· 16 Jan 2021