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OMG! where have all the calculators gone?
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666philb
 Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 3635 Location: wales ... by the sea |
I remember my first go on puppy. It was puppy 4.3.1, and after it had booted up, i had a look in the menu to see what apps it had. When i checked out the business menu it was full of calculators! and i don't know why, but this put a big grin on my face  Why would anyone need so many calculators? I had no idea, but i thought it was brilliant!
I now use lucid puppy, and while playdayz, micko1 and all the other developers have done amazing work, and put together my very favorite distro and os, they have done one very bad thing........ removed all but one of the calculators 
the business menu now looks sadly neglected, and new users are now no longer able to discover that happy 'calculator wonderland', in the boring business category. So, to re-address the balance, and buff=out the business category, i am proud to present,... TheHappytimeCalculatorCompendiumpack! 13 amazing calculators! all bundled together into a single sfs. Every single one of them appearing in the business category. 
The happytime calculator compendium pack can be download here........ http://www.mediafire.com/file/ju8oc54gqc934ba/the_happytime_calculator_compendium_pack_sfs4.sfs a dinky 37.54mb MD5 c322e2e4576a00bdc9462ff3f688f97f If anyone's interested, i could make them a pet, that makes all the calculators auto-start at boot up. Also i would urge everyone to post in all puppy development threads, asking for more calculators, as................. you can never have enough 666philb p.s. one calculator requires java, and another actually needs your graphic drivers installed!?! _________________ Bionicpup64 built with bionic beaver packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114311 Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331 Last edited by 666philb on Sun 22 Jan 2012, 10:52; edited 1 time in total |
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sinc
 Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Posts: 544 Location: Tampa, FL USA |
this is funny...lol... i can't figure out if your serious or not. 
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666philb
Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 3635 Location: wales ... by the sea |
that sfs is very real ......... it's the answer to your calculator dreams ! _________________ Bionicpup64 built with bionic beaver packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114311 Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331 |
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bilko1808
Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 17 |
mad as a box of frogs. brightened up my 1:30am :) |
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puppyluvr
 Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 3512 Location: Chickasha Oklahoma |
 Hello,
Yes, we were severely lacking in calculators with 4 or 5, but 1??? Seriously...This is what I love about Puppy...a sense of humor... I once released a Puplet with 12 browsers....but only 3 calculators...  ...
I cant "calculate" its importance but... Its "Equal to, more than, or less than" its need... All in all, I`d say its an idea that "adds up"...LOL... _________________ Close the Windows, and open your eyes, to a whole new world I am Lead Dog of the Puppy Linux Users Group on Facebook Join us! Puppy since 2.15CE... |
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bugman
 Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 2131 Location: buffalo commons |
having flashbacks of charlton heston finding the half-buried statue of liberty . . . _________________ . . . the machines are clean and the machines are not corrupted - lee "scratch" perry |
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sc0ttman
 Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2806 Location: UK |
Agreed - the business menu does look a little sparse without a few calculators in there. But then so does the "Personal" menu as well - unless you fill it with a load of different timer apps, like I did in Puplite. If you like ridiculous amounts of calculators, then you might like the wide array of timers and clocks too!!
_________________ Pkg, mdsh, Woofy, Akita, VLC-GTK, Search |
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dejan555
 Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 2817 Location: Montenegro |
I LOL'd _________________ puppy.b0x.me stuff mirrored HERE or HERE |
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666philb
Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 3635 Location: wales ... by the sea |
puppyluvr........what was your puplet called and where is it ? _________________ Bionicpup64 built with bionic beaver packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114311 Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331 |
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666philb
Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 3635 Location: wales ... by the sea |
yes sc0ttman, the 'personal' menu could do with a bit of sprucing up. Everyone needs clocks,.. where would we be without them?... Back in the primordial soup is the answer!.. Clocks make people feel safe and happy
please post your clock pets here! _________________ Bionicpup64 built with bionic beaver packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114311 Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331 |
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bugman
Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 2131 Location: buffalo commons |
[quote="666philb"]
i am afraid of clocks like other people are afraid of clowns _________________ . . . the machines are clean and the machines are not corrupted - lee "scratch" perry |
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MinHundHettePerro
 Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 855 Location: SE |
Hello !
Wonderful, 666philb .
I, too, have made joking remarks about the smorgasbord of calculators available in most puppies  . The truth is, I've used them - and, since all of them have their individual quirks and varying degrees of "crippled"/missing functionality, I've come to realise that I need a couple of them.
A few months ago I went through the list of calculator projects at sourceforge (hundreds), compiled and tried the ones that sounded at least half-decent from the description - only some 20 calculators passed as interesting - the ones that worked to my satisfaction (quirks and missing functionality aside) were to my (not) surprise the ones mostly included in puppy .
Still on the look-out for the calculator that'd make me state "I need only one" .
Downloaded your .sfs and will try the calcies out as soon as I find the time. Thanks /
MHHP _________________ Celeron 2.8 GHz, 1 GB, i82845, many ptns, modes 12, 13 Dual Xeon 3.2 GHz, 1 GB, nvidia quadro nvs 285 Slackos & 214X, ... and Q6xx Nämen, vaf.... ln -s /dev/null MHHP |
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8-bit
 Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 3425 Location: Oregon |
Click on menu/business/calculator When it opens click on view. I see five calculator types in the dropdown list. This is lupu 520 |
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sc0ttman
Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2806 Location: UK |
Here's what I got in Puplite: excessive timers ahoy! (Which is funny to me, cos I never use them, and am TERRIBLE at time-keeping!)
_________________ Pkg, mdsh, Woofy, Akita, VLC-GTK, Search |
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Colonel Panic
 Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 2177 |
Just downloading this now. 37 MB - wow, but worth it IMO if it contains qalculate. _________________ Gigabyte M68MT-52P motherboard, AMD Athlon II X4 630, 5.8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 250 GB Hitachi hard drive running Ubuntu 16.04.6, MX-19.2, Peppermint 10, PCLinuxOS 20.02, LXLE 18.04.3, Pardus 19.2, exGENT 200119, Bionic Pup 8.0 and Xenial CE 7.5 XL. |
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OMG! where have all the calculators gone?
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