Is there any way around this? Why is Windows doing this? Don't get me wrong, I got the laptop to install a Linux distro anyway, but it's helpful for others (especially my older family members) to just use Windows when they need to print a paper or do a small task, so I would have liked to keep it. Microsoft really lost me here.
Edit:
Thanks everyone for the answers. For reasons I will not delve into now, I ended up installing Windows 10 from the official iso Image, then upgrading to Windows 11. This is the longest and shittiest way to avoid the login as it simply used the local account I created on Windows 10, and that's the road I took (not recommended). Also I ended up installing Mint with dual boot and I love it. I have windows on the smallest partition size possible (about 66G).
[Skip for now]
There’s nothing in the dialogue that says that.
Inloggingsalternativs?
That’s “login alternatives” not “skip for now.”
I’m not looking for a literal translation. I’m looking for the one that lets you create a local login without a Microsoft account. Login alternatives.
That one does not let you not log in. It just offers some alternatives.
In my experience, local account is one of the alternatives
So my partner finally got his device. I tried clicking that and a local account is not an option anymore.
Sadly I'm passed the point of that screen now. However, my partner is getting a new laptop too and the one he chose also has Windows 11 installed. We will try to click that and see, and I can update the thread here. Though I can't recall exactly, but clicking that did not give me an option for a local account.