●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, January 08, 2026 ●● ● Jan 08 [03:06] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:08] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@89kp6hcktzh7n.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 08 [04:17] *rianne (~rianne@i8wm8zwjwfwd8.irc) has joined #techbytes [04:17] *asusbox (~rianne@i8wm8zwjwfwd8.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 08 [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] : [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] > Hi. Thanks for your reply. [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] > [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] > We aim to reply to your email within 24 hours, however there may be a [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] > delay and we will endeavour to answer your query as quickly as possible. ● Jan 08 [13:53] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) [13:57] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 08 [14:20] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes [14:38] schestowitz[TR2]
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    GNOME dev gives middle-click paste fans the middle finger
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    More proof, if you will, that the traditional keyboard and multi-button mouse config is boring legacy tech to the hipsters in charge these days. GNOME developer Jordan Petridis has submitted the code to remove middle-click paste behavior from GNOME defaults, which he considers "an X11ism." The merge request concludes "Goodbye X11."

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    It's not just in GNOME he's additionally filed bug 1747207 against Firefox, also proposing to remove this behavior. There, he says: [...]

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    • [14:38] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theregister.com | GNOME dev gives middle-click paste fans the middle finger The Register ● Jan 08 [17:00] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Nitrux 5.1 Drops Virtual Machine Support and Shifts Fully to Bare Metal
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    The Nitrux team has announced the release of Nitrux 5.1, an immutable, systemd-free Debian-based Linux distro that bets on AppImage-based software delivery and ships with Hyprland as its default desktop environment.

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    • [17:00] schestowitz[TR2] [17:00] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Nitrux 5.1 Drops Virtual Machine Support and Shifts Fully to Bare Metal [17:08] schestowitz[TR2]
  • Want to try the original KDE desktop from 1996? I did, and it took me back - here's how
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    Ah, KDE 1. I remember it well. I was there, back in the beta days of the original KDE desktop, and it was exciting. All of a sudden, Linux wasn't under the thrall of CDE and Fvwm95. We had something modern on the horizon, and it looked to be special. [17:08] schestowitz[TR2] I still remember the first time I tried KDE 1. I felt as if I'd been beamed into the future of Linux, and what I saw would usher in a new era for the open-source desktop. KDE 1 was light-years ahead of what the Linux desktop had been, and there was nothing that could top it. [17:08] schestowitz[TR2]

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