Ubuntu and the clipboard

[NoOp]

Simon wrote:
> I switched to Ubuntu (and Linux as a whole) about 7-8 months ago, and
> needless to say, I'll never go back (you know what place I'm talking
> about).
> 
> However, one thing has irritated me from the first day. It seemed as if
> many times, when I copied something (using ctrl+c) and then attempted to
> paste it, the clipboard would be empty. Of course I can slip every now
> and then and hit the wrong combination, but what I was used to before
> Ubuntu was probably a 99% success rate, whereas now, I seemed to lose
> the data probably two times out of three.
> 



These links might help:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=10319
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_install_Clipboard_Daemon_for_GNOME