7 of the Best Free Linux Calculators 289
An anonymous reader writes "One of the basic utilities supplied with any operating system is a desktop calculator. These are often simple utilities that are perfectly adequate for basic use. They typically include trigonometric functions, logarithms, factorials, parentheses and a memory function. However, the calculators featured in this article are significantly more sophisticated with the ability to process difficult mathematical functions, to plot graphs in 2D and 3D, and much more. Occasionally, the calculator tool provided with an operating system did not engender any confidence. The classic example being the calculator shipped with Windows 3.1 which could not even reliably subtract two numbers. Rest assured, the calculators listed below are of precision quality."
Re:Useless. (Score:4, Funny)
No maxima, but it can do altima and sentra.
Re:Where's DC/BC? (Score:3, Funny)
> DC or BC are more than adequate...
But they (shudder, moan, recoil in fear) involve the *COMMAND* *LINE*!!!
Re:Christ (Score:5, Funny)
Crikey. I had to use that cr*p. There is no way any company that put out a product like Windows 3.1 could ever be bashed enough.
Re:Emacs Calc (Score:5, Funny)
TFA was talking about the Linux operating system and not the emacs operating systems...
Re:Stick with the classics (Score:2, Funny)
Desktop calculators are for losers, and here's why:
Everybody knows that all real engineers use a slide rule.
In those rare cases where a slide rule doesn't quite cut it you have a perfectly good excuse to go and ask the hot intern three cubicles down for help. Chicks dig guys who can admit a shortcoming, and who dare ask for help when they can't quite figure it out. It's an almost idiot proof way to score, second only to having pictures of nephews/nieces/puppies on your desk. So get yourself a slide rule and the rest is up to you: What has your desktop calculator done for you lately?
Re:Christ (Score:3, Funny)
Just get off the lawn, kid. Or, mow it. When we want your opinion, we'll offer you an ice cream.
Re:Christ (Score:3, Funny)
You are right. Microsoft has gone on to design much more then faulty calculators. Lets move on. Now they design faulty spreadsheets.
Re:Christ (Score:1, Funny)
Wasn't that the joke at the time? "What's the difference between Windows 3.11 and Windows 3.1?"
There is no difference. 3.11 - 3.1 = 0
Re:Emacs Calc (Score:3, Funny)
You're exactly right.
Re:octave in an xterm (Score:1, Funny)
what more could you possibly want?
Something that's not a clone of matlab. Holy crap, I hate everything about matlab.
ERm.. (Score:3, Funny)
Uh.. the seven best Linux calculators...? Okay, I take it back, can we go back to the Apple news please?
Re:Useless. (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah, I might consider switching one day, but right now the interface is unintuitive, there's no consistency in the way to install software, and it just doesn't have the apps I need.
Windows, that is.
Re:Emacs Calc (Score:3, Funny)