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PulseAudio is a popular sound server for Linux. It is now required by a number of applications, and should be enabled if audio support is desired on NixOS. Enabling PulseAudio is sufficient to enable audio support on NixOS in most cases.
PulseAudio is a popular sound server for Linux. A number of applications now expect a PulseAudio-compatible audio server.
 
As of NixOS 24.11, [[PipeWire]] is used over PulseAudio for most graphical sessions by default, but it can provide a PulseAudio-compatible server (see that page for more details). This page documents how to use "native" PulseAudio as an alternative.


==Enabling PulseAudio==
==Enabling PulseAudio==
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