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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ environment or [startx](../graphical-session/xorg.md#startx). The `pipewire`
package provides `pipewire` and `pipewire-pulse` system services, but they are
not recommended for a typical setup.

The `pipewire` package ships [Desktop
Entry](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/) files
for `pipewire` and `pipewire-pulse` in `/usr/share/applications`. If your
environment supports the [Desktop Application Autostart
Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html),
you can enable pipewire by symlinking the desktop files to the autostart
directory:

```
# ln -s /usr/share/applications/pipewire.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/pipewire.desktop
```

## PulseAudio replacement

Before starting `pipewire-pulse`, make sure that the PulseAudio service is
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