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  • Registered: 2009-09-22
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Topic: How about having a calculator in lite versions?

Hi folks!
I'm using crunchbang lite for quite some time now and I'm wondering why there's no calculator in the lite edition (I don't know if there's one in the full edition, probably I guess).
Ok, I know that installing a calculator is really, really simple but the problem is, if you type calculator in synaptic you only get calcoo as a "instinctive" result. It does the job, but with some research i found galculator which in my opinion is better. It's looks good, it's full of options and it is really really lightweight. For those who want a great nice-looking calculator, galculator is the way to go.
Having it by default on lite (or full editions) would not even take one single megabyte of space and I think a calculator is one of the most basic tools someone has to have on a computer. (after all, computer were made for that reason! tongue)

Last edited by cbrunos (2009-11-24 17:59:17)

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Re: How about having a calculator in lite versions?

+1 for this!
I've been missing it in the lite aswell.

  • benj1
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Re: How about having a calculator in lite versions?

but you already have xcalc wink

you also have bc

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  • From: Strasbourg, France
  • Registered: 2009-09-22
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Re: How about having a calculator in lite versions?

benj1 wrote:

but you already have xcalc wink

Waouh! I never noticed it! That's probably because I use compiz as a standalone window manager and don't have any menu where the apps are listed lol
But I maintain what I said, galculator is better than xcalc tongue

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  • Registered: 2008-11-29
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Re: How about having a calculator in lite versions?

sudo apt-get install galculator wink But I agree including a good calculator would be nice.

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