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Re:Ubuntu 26.04 by kstenerud on Friday April 24, 2026 @06:16AM (#47888144)
> Select - Middle-click paste does not seem to work

Good. It shouldn't be on by default. It's surprising behavior, too easy to fat-finger, and too disruptive when it accidentally triggers.

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Re:Ubuntu 26.04 by reedciccio on Friday April 24, 2026 @06:51AM (#47888389)
What???? That's the most expected feature of any *nix user since the dawn of X Window!
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Re:Ubuntu 26.04 by marshray on Friday April 24, 2026 @08:22PM (#47897407)
The X Window developers were mostly just making it up as they went along. Practically no one expects mouse buttons to work like that.
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Re:Ubuntu 26.04 by reedciccio on Friday April 24, 2026 @09:43PM (#47897864)
Unix workstations had mice with 3 buttons. The Mac had only one. Windows, Amiga, Atari had two. The Unix developers had choice that others didn't have. They came up with a use that existed forever. Now someone decided to remove the default for no apparent reason. It's like the Android product managers continuing to change the color, size and gesture to answer a phone call: every release, the first call is an exercise in managing frustration.
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Re:Ubuntu 26.04 by marshray on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @05:59PM (#47941429)
The number of graphical Unix workstation users during at the time of widespread adoption of Windows and Mac was utterly insignificant.

You cannot compare it to Android.

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