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How to Boost Speaker Volume in Ubuntu and Other Linux
======

**Here’s how you can boost your Laptop and desktop’s volume more in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.**

Have you ever felt that your Ubuntu Laptop’s volume is too low, despite you selected the volume to 100%? I’m sure you had. The primary reason is – obviously, laptop speaker output intensity is lower than large speakers.

In addition, Ubuntu and other distros set the default maximum volume to 100%, i.e. 0dB (decibel). The 0dB is the maximum volume reference. To compare, if you set the volume to -10dB, that means your volume is quieter than the maximum 0dB.

VLC and some media players allow you to increase the volume by up to 200%. Using some settings in the latest Ubuntu, you can boost the volume to further.

**Note**: Before you try this and use the following method, remember that each speaker has a hardware limitation set by its manufacturer. Once in a while, playing audio more than 100% is fine. But continuous amplification to higher decibels may distort output audio & may damage your speaker amplifier in the longer term. So, use it with caution and limitation.

### Boost Speaker Volume in Ubuntu and other distros

#### For the latest Ubuntu 22.04 and above (GNOME):

Open Settings from the application menu and go to the Sound tab.

Enable the “Over Amplification” switch. The moment you enable you should see the volume bar is expanded.

![Boost volume more than 100 percent in Ubuntu][1]

Now you can enjoy a volume boost to listen to music.

#### Fedora, Arch Linux and other distros

If you use Fedora Workstation with GNOME, you will not get the above option since it is an Ubuntu-specific setting. See below.

![Speaker volume is max 100 percent in Fedora (GNOME)][2]

So, for any other Linux distributions (Arch, Fedora, RedHat, etc.) or desktops (KDE, Xfce, LXQt, etc.), open a terminal and install [PulseAudio Volume Control][3].

**Fedora, RedHat Linux, OpenSUSE and related rpm-based distributions:**

```
sudo dnf install pavucontrol
```

**For Arch Linux, Manjaro**

```
sudo pacman -S pavucontrol
```

**Non-GNOME Ubuntu-based distros**

```
sudo apt install pavucontrol
```

### How to Use

After installation, open the `pavucontrol` from the application menu, it should appear as ‘PulseAudio Volume Control’ as a menu item.

![Increase Volume using PulseAudio Volume Control][4]

### Wrapping Up

Remember, the above methods boost the speaker volume for the entire system. That means the system sounds and alerts are also impacted. So, keep that in mind. As I mentioned earlier, boosting speaker volume by more than 100% may result in distrotion or damage to the speaker if used continuously.

I hope this tutorial helps you to increase your system volume. Do let me know in the comment box if you run into issues.

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[1]: https://www.debugpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Boost-volume-more-than-100-percent-in-Ubuntu.jpg
[2]: https://www.debugpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Speaker-volume-is-max-100-percent-in-Fedora-GNOME.jpg
[3]: https://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/pavucontrol/
[4]: https://www.debugpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Increase-Volume-using-PulseAudio-Volume-Control-1024x508.jpg