Re: Copy text from PuTTY window
The old original X way to copy text was L.mouse to highlight, middle-mouse (or both L and R mouse buttons) to paste. In that case it does not even use the clipboard. However, middle mouse is often pressing down mouse wheel which might slip you to a different line in some apps or trying to press left/right mouse simultaneously does not seem to work for me (brings up right click menu).
So the MS Windows way for Linux would be to highlight text, right click to copy, then either Ctrl+V (in gui like gedit), or in a text terminal Shift+Ctrl+V or Edit > Paste (since Ctrl+V often has other meanings in terminal or non-gui text apps).
While I use PuTTY in Windows to connect to *nix systems, I have never used it within Linux because every system I am aware of includes an ssh client program by default.
i5 650 3.2 GHz upgraded to i7 870, 16 GB 1333 RAM, nvidia GTX 1060, 32" 1080p & assorted older computers
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