One of the things that has annoyed me most about GNOME as I've played with it lately is the lack of a clipboard manager comparable to Klipper on KDE. However, as I was looking for a package in Synaptic, I managed to come across a program that does the job quite well: Glipper.

Installing
As one would expect, installing Glipper is a breeze on Ubuntu (no pun intended for users of Ubuntu 5.10). First, make sure that you have the Universe repository enabled. After that, simply install the package "glipper" using your method of choice. From the command line, this is simply:

sudo aptitude install glipper

For other distributions, you will have to search elsewhere as Glipper's sourceforge page only offers source code. For starters, RPM Find has packages for Mandriva and Fedora.

Running Glipper
To run Glipper, you can find it under the Applications menu. On Ubuntu Gusty, it is under Accessories. Ideally though, you would want Glipper to start along with GNOME instead of having to do it manually. This is thankfully quite simple.

1. Go to System>Preferences>Sessions on the GNOME menu bar.

2. Under the Startup Programs tab, click Add. In the dialog box that appears, type in Glipper for the name and glipper for the command. Click OK.

Now whenever you start up GNOME, you should find Glipper in the Notification Area.

Use
By default, Glipper keeps a running log of everything you highlight or manually copy. You can get to this history by clicking the Glipper icon in the Notification Area or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+C.

You can configure how Glipper works by right clicking on its icon in the Notification Area and selecting Preferences. Glipper is not quite as configurable as Klipper, but what it does works well enough for most users I'd suspect.

Wrap-Up
Glipper is a great utility that is very similar to Klipper on KDE. I recommend this to any XFCE or GNOME users who use copy and paste and want a more productive desktop. Let me know if you know of any other similar programs or have any issues with Glipper.

Update: (17 Dec 07) There appears to be some sort of Korean translation here for those interested.