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John G. Heim <speakup@linux-speakup.org> wrote:

>Last time I checked, linux didn't automatically switch the default sound
>device from an internal sound card to a USB headset. Has this changed? 

No. You still have to set it, and that's probably how it should be.

This can be done from the shell in either Alsa or PulseAudio (for the latter,
use pacmd or write a ~/.pulse/default.pa file).