Calculator (GNOME)
The calculator that comes with Ubuntu and Fedora. Standard, scientific, programmer and conversion modes.
Our verdict
Calculator is the app that sits in the applications menu on Ubuntu and Fedora and does what the Windows calculator does. Standard mode for sums, Advanced mode for trigonometry and logarithms, Programming mode for binary and hex, and a conversion mode for units and currencies.
The one genuine gap is graphing. Windows added a graphing mode to its calculator and this has no equivalent, so if you plot functions for schoolwork you will want GeoGebra in a browser instead.
On KDE systems the equivalent is called KCalc and covers the same ground. Neither needs installing.
What's good
- Already installed on most systems, so there is nothing to do
- Has the same modes as the Windows one, including scientific and programmer
- Converts units and currencies
- Keeps a history of what you worked out
What to know first
- No graphing mode, which the Windows calculator has
- Currency rates only refresh when you are online
- The window is plainer than the Windows version
The details
- Cost
- Free
- Open source
- Yes (GPL-3.0)
- How you install it
- App store (Flatpak), Built-in app store
Windows apps it can replace
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