In practice, it's not really an issue. In some applications (most notably terminal emulators, where ctrl+c is already used to terminate a process) you have to use an alternative combination (e.g. ctrl+shift+c).
MacOS neatly avoids this issue with the command key, but I'm not sure what happens in Windows.
99 percent of the time the x11 select middle click paste behaviour is more ergonomic, to the point where when I don't have it I get cranky.
Another case of where because the better system is suppressed on the more common environment, We are unable to advance the desktop metaphor.
If I am fair I think lack of middle click paste is the main reason I don't enjoy using windows much.
The lack of a universally functioning clipboard is the #1 blocker to Linux acceptance on the desktop.
The Mac had this figured out in 1984. Linux still struggles in 2025.
Wow as a non Linux user I would never have even imagined this would be an issue - why would you use an OS that doesn’t just let you ctrl c/x/v?
In practice, it's not really an issue. In some applications (most notably terminal emulators, where ctrl+c is already used to terminate a process) you have to use an alternative combination (e.g. ctrl+shift+c).
MacOS neatly avoids this issue with the command key, but I'm not sure what happens in Windows.