LXer: 7 of the Best Free Linux Calculators

LXer · 01-30-2010, 06:30 PM

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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.

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archShade · 01-30-2010, 09:04 PM

I find octave and gnu plot do everything any desktop calculator does and more, takes a bit to learn but the additional functions I don't think I could live without (Mainly the ability to have named variables and being able to use matrices) now I have them.

If I have to use a box with octave not installed python can work as a powerful calculator with the ability to used named variables.

H_TeXMeX_H · 01-31-2010, 05:11 AM

I usually use galculator, sometimes python for more advanced formulas, or sometime I just got out my TI-83 ... it still works after all these years.