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I actually have some plans (no timeline though, it's basically just a wishlist item as of now) of making my own NAS, so there's that opportunity. And of course, yeah, getting an old machine is also an option. Who knows, maybe I'd get my hands on another old laptop that could very well be my way to testing Linux distros.
I'm using KCalc version 24.05.0 but I suppose it's similar enough to your version.
I typed in the following in simple mode:
<value> * 10^-8
I even got results with the following:
<value>e-8
With pushing buttons in science mode I managed to replicate what you've observed, so I guess it's indeed a bug? However, typing something like either of the two sequences above would give you the desired result.
As an aside, it seems like typing things directly into the input text box like
sin(30)
can be done in any mode. I don't know if it can be generalized though, and I don't know if all of the buttons in Science and Stat modes have a plaintext equivalent you can just type in.