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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Click "Activities" in the upper right and search for "tweaks", click the "Tweaks" icon. Select "Keyboard & Mouse" and turn "Middle Click Paste" to "off".

For Gnome ^ but I'm at work and can't confirm.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Damn, someone who actually gives GUI instructions and doesn't yell at the person? Keep it up. The Linux community needs people like you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As far as I remember I tried that but it didn't seem to work and some xdotool script that disabled the wheel click entirely. Then I installed kde, tried a few more things there, and then I tried to go back to gnome but... ...