Middle click paste is a very useful feature for a lot of people, but new linux users are not those people.

I personally switched two years ago, and got several people I know to switch too. Everyone I know who switched (including me) was confused by middle click paste.

It’s a hard to intuitively understand action (took me several months until I understood it took the selection for some reason) that is very easy to trigger accidentally, and that duplicates existing functionality.

The people who like it already know it exists, and could just toggle it on.

Of course, on distros not aimed at beginners, like say, debian, it should remain the default.

  • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    While I agree we dont need or want to make linux like windows, im VERY fast on mint cinnamon because all the key combos and the gui make sense to me and it works.

    I tried cachyos with xfce and I was horribly slow and clunky, had to use the mouse for everything vs mint I already knew all the key commands.