Fedora 13 Shell Login Screen

   Linux shell login screen on Fedora 13.  How to get this Linux text base screen or some say Linux shell?  If your Linux Fedora give you the GUI screen (Graphical User Interface Desktop) after the computer boot, you may need to press Ctrl + Alt + F2 (or just play around with... Ctrl + Alt + F1, Ctrl + Alt + F2, Ctrl + Alt + F3, Ctrl + Alt + F4, Ctrl + Alt + F5, Ctrl + Alt + F6 till Ctrl + Alt + F7 see what happen) to get this shell text login screen. The text base login screen login give you the default shell after you log in, just type in user login name and hit 'Enter' key... then key in password (note: you may not se any asterisks (*) when you type in the password,... just another security futures to prevent shoulder surfing) and hit 'Enter' key again to log in to the Linux shell.  For more example on Linux virtual shell login in read this article on Linux virtual terminal and Linux loggin in example.

Linux Shell Login on Fedora 13 Screenshot

Fedora 13 shell log in screen

Fedora release 13 (Goddard)

Kernel 2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.PAE on an i686 (tty2)

localhost login: _

Action:  To logon to Linux shell on Fedora 13, type in your user login name and hit 'Enter' key then key in your password and hit 'Enter' key again to log in to the system.