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     LASTFM_PASSWORD = u'mysecret'
 
 
+Controlling Mopidy through the Ubuntu Sound Menu
+================================================
+
+If you are running Ubuntu and installed Mopidy using the Debian package from
+APT you should be able to control Mopidy through the `Ubuntu Sound Menu
+<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoundMenu>`_ without any changes.
+
+If you installed Mopidy in any other way and want to control Mopidy through the
+Ubuntu Sound Menu, you must install the ``mopidy.desktop`` file which can be
+found in the ``data/`` dir of the Mopidy source into the
+``/usr/share/applications`` dir by hand::
+
+    cd /path/to/mopidy/source
+    sudo cp data/mopidy.desktop /usr/share/applications/
+
+After you have installed the file, start Mopidy in any way, and Mopidy should
+appear in the Ubuntu Sound Menu. When you quit Mopidy, it will still be listed
+in the Ubuntu Sound Menu, and may be restarted by selecting it there.
+
+The Ubuntu Sound Menu interacts with Mopidy's MPRIS frontend.
+The MPRIS frontend supports the minimum requirements of the `MPRIS
+specification <http://www.mpris.org/>`_. The ``TrackList`` and the
+``Playlists`` interfaces of the spec are not supported.
+
+
 Streaming audio through a SHOUTcast/Icecast server
 ==================================================