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+# pa-card-profile-tray
+
+Tray applet to change audio card profiles in PulseAudio.
+
+## Compile
+
+```
+qmake
+make
+```
+
+## Run at system startup
+
+```
+cp pa-card-profile-tray.desktop ~/.config/autostart/
+```