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The one thing I REALLY enjoy about the start menu kind of doubling as a Bing search is I can type in unit conversions and it'll do them then and there without busting out a calc or opening a web browser. All other cases are like this where it's annoying nonsense.
But other operating systems (as well as Windows with power toys if you hit alt + space) do this without having to integrate a search engine into the system search lol
I'd expect a serious OS to have this by default, without internet. gnome-calculator can take in typed input for any conversion - volume, weight, currency; without an internet connection, right on the calculator screen.
I want to upvote and downvote you at the same time lol.
Do you hit alt+space at all? I accidentally discovered it just recently, hit it by accident, hit escape real fast, but then the mental picture registered in my head and I was like hmm, but couldn't figure out what I hit. The software I use for work has all sorts of ctrls and alts in it, and soi resigned myself to having to stumble upon it again, which fortunately I did. It's mainly a quick and easy calculator, you type some equation, and then you can have it automatically go to your clipboard.
This may just be a power toys thing, I have no idea, I use tools that are beyond my ability, whatever happens happens.
It's a power toys thing indeed