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Monday, January 5, 2026, 10:11 PM

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Monday, January 5, 2026, 10:11 PM

A long-standing Linux behavior is under threat as GNOME and Mozilla review a proposal to disable middle-mouse paste.
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GNOME and Mozilla Discuss Proposal to Disable Middle Mouse Paste on Linux

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in reply to Linuxiac Monday, January 5, 2026, 10:22 PM

This is an absolutely ridiculous proposal. You don't remove a long-standing feature just because newcomers accidentally use it. 😆

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in reply to Linuxiac Monday, January 5, 2026, 10:34 PM

They want to disable one of the most useful, ubiquitous shortcut patterns from the Linux desktop, because... people who don't use Linux, don't use the shortcut? Absurd.

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Nishant Neeraj Agnihotri

in reply to Linuxiac Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 3:19 AM

I think lots of people are about to disable mozilla. All thanks to their AI integeration.

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Samuel Santaella

in reply to Linuxiac Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 4:25 AM

I'm actually used to middle-click enabling a cursor that lets you scroll, and was wondering how that is enabled. I'm on Kubuntu right now.

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GNOME and Mozilla Discuss Proposal to Disable Middle Mouse Paste on Linux

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Nishant Neeraj Agnihotri

Samuel Santaella

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Monday, January 5, 2026, 10:11 PM