Gpm (the general purpose mouse daemon) is a mouse server for applications running in the console. It not only provides cut and paste support generally, but its library component is used by various software such as links to provide mouse support to the application generally. It is useful on desktops, especially if following (Beyond)LinuxFromScratch instructions - it's often much easier (and less error prone) to cut and paste between two console windows than to type everything by hand! &gpm-intro; &gpm-inst; &gpm-config; &gpm-desc;