GoKawiilPublished: 01-08-2026 20:08 | Author: Remy van Elst | Text only version of this article
One of my all time favorite calculators is the HP 16C. It is an RPN calculator aimed at computer programmers with support for hex, binary, octal and decimal and all sorts of useful operations like bit shifting, masking and rotations. I don't own one myself, I have a Swiss Micro's DM16L, a high quality modern day remake with improvements like a 2 line display. There is a limited run collectors edition of the HP 16C coming soon though. But none of those calculators run Linux.
This one can:
xcalc on an actual calculator
Screenshot of the console and partial fbv image viewer
Of course it runs Doom
My all time favorite, the HP-16C
Below are at least a thousand words covering the HP Prime G2 and other graphical calculators capable of running Linux. You can skip that if you just want to read about my updated Linux port for the Prime G2.
HP Prime G2
The HP Prime is a graphing calculator on the market since 2013, with a hardware revision in 2018 (the G2 model). It has a touch screen and as far as I can find, most people are happy with it and find it a very capable and fast calculator. Here are some pictures of the opened up calculator and here is a website with some more downloads.
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