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I would also add lock screen which is shown before login screen. It makes sense on mobile devices but I never understood the use for it on my desktop and laptop. Especially when my laptop and desktop does not have any bio authentication.



Oh, that's what that is supposed to be! The same thing is in CentOS. You literally click and drag the mouse upward to get the login screen. New users often think the computer is broken.


Any default GNOME environment does this.

> You literally click and drag the mouse upward to get the login screen.

Yeah, you can, but hitting a space bar before typing in your password is so much easier. I think any "normal" key (as in letters, numbers, space) would work, but I'm not near a system to check.


You can just start typing your password, it'll automatically unhide and put what you typed in the password field. Or you can press Esc to just unhide without starting to type your password.


If your password starts with a space, then you have to either tap an extra space, or hit escape as you mentioned.


That's right. It is GNOME. KDE takes you right to recent logins and a login/password prompt (without a transition). I primarily work via VNC or ssh, but get questions constantly from new users. Wiggling the mouse is universally benign. ESC, Space, or even clicking can be "destructive" in the wrong context.




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