Hey everyone,

I recently switched from Windows to Pop!_OS and I’m really liking it so far, but there are two features from Windows that I miss a LOT and can’t seem to replicate properly:

Clipboard history (Win + V)

On Windows I used this all the time — being able to access everything I copied previously was super useful. On Pop!_OS, I haven’t found a solid built-in or reliable app for this.

OCR from screenshots (Win + Shift + S behavior)

This one is the biggest issue for me. On Windows, I could select an area of the screen and it would automatically extract the text from the image and copy it.

On Pop!_OS, I can take screenshots of selected areas, but I can’t find a simple way to extract text from them.

I’ve tried installing some apps/extensions (like GNOME extensions and others), but I keep running into compatibility issues or “not supported” errors on Pop!_OS.

At this point, I don’t even need a full all-in-one tool. I’d be happy with:

A simple screenshot tool (I already kinda have this), AND

A separate program that can take an image/screenshot and copy the text from it (OCR)

So yeah — does anyone know:

A good clipboard history app that works well on Pop!_OS?

A reliable OCR tool that can quickly extract text from screenshots?

Preferably something stable and not a buggy extension.

Thanks 🙏