On-Line Systems was renamed Sierra On-Line in 1982, and moved to Oakhurst, California.[6] The "Sierra" name was taken from the Sierra Nevada mountain range that Oakhurst was near
- Wikipedia page for Sierra Entertainment
You may be thinking of the fact that it was founded by a married couple, Ken and Roberta Williams, with the latter being among the first prominent female game designers.
I never realized that was why people used the primaey clipboard on Linux...
But I'll be frank : fuck that. I'd rather disable it entirely and stop having to deal with random text pasting in bad places when I'm using the touchpad