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ไม่ต้องใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ . All are welcome. Here are some activities to choose from:

Fun Stuff First. :)

With so many options, its all about imagination.

Course, games has it's own category just below, but my fave games are often homemade by "gamefying" things like the Mixxx DJ station and Ffmpeg to "remixxx" and create my own music vids. VJ Barkester. :) .
Others love Gimp for pics. Lmms is an entire sound studio you can make you next hit album on. The possibilities for creativitiy are endless.
And for those who like to explore, use Nmap search the net on another level. All the best network management tools are here.
Automation fun. bells and whistles you can make and add to your scripts to either appear randomly or to announce events (like finishing a task).
Torrenting. Never paid for a movie myself and the last mustic I bought was on a cassette tape (little plasticy wallet-shaped thingy with tape inside... really.) The hidden treasure, though is books. English text books can be hundreds of dollars! All students should torrent.

"Fun" has so many definitions, but with 10,000 programs available, I'm sure there's something for everybody. Just ask.

Gaming !

Linux Gaming has grown up.

Gaming on Linux has come a long way since way back when. For those who keep accouts in the western world, Steam and Proton now run most any game you may like on Linux. I myself, dont keep any western accounts and focus on open-source here, so can help with the info, but use different means.
The new model of the big gaming corporations seems to be to not own games anymore, but pay to play forever. Many won't work offline at all. However, thats the big boys and they are killing their own businesses while Indie games seem to be our future. Small companies before the banks sign them up should still produce the best and need no memberships.

Wine has been a long-standing method to play on Linux, but it is old and, honestly, seemed to largely be done to show it could be. It was, however, so complicated and this was only made worse by the many "helper" programs that came out leaving one to study them all to see what fit .... Pretty horrible.
Worse, it filled your nice Linux system with Windows garbage. Both messy and a security problem... and the specific versions, a whole 'nother nightmare... no.

My best method is dual-boot with Windows pre-11 permanently offlined with torrented games. Works great for offline games.

And, of course, There's loads of native Linux games both off and online. Some quite good, large and complex. Simply search "Linux Games" to get whole sites full of lists by category.

Linux can game now.

Linux Distros. What's the dif?

So many distros, so little time. How to find your perfect "mate".

In the book (torrented, of course), "The Command Line". It states that step one for any project is to determine the best OS. Windows is never it. No Linux Distros are best at everything. Most specialise. Some by tasks, others by some ideal.
In-club, I keep my fave, Archlinux, on 2 machines. It's best for my needs to to it's focus on cli as the main interface, minimalism as the best security feature and huge repo. I'm also just partial and familiar with the pacman ecosystem and tar files.

My example is all. There are distros for everybody. Mine is not a good choice for beginners and those moving from Windows.
Mint is well-liked by most beginners and fairly simple while having all the modern basics and very easily installed.
Ubuntu is similar and built to have absolutely everything that Windows has and more, which is nice for those needing the full Western ecosystem of Amazon, Facebook, Google, X, and every other Amerikan tech corporation's software pre-installed.

Choice hinges on:
Application. Fedora does servers nice.
Ideals. Politics, privacy, open-source, etc.. "Google-free" Android is 1 example of an ideals-based OS.
Prices and conditions. I never sign "terms & conditions" for anything on Linux, but should you need paid software from Redhat or somesuch, both prices and conditions may be required. If you must, be sure of the company with which you make the contract as this is a security issue.
Size. I imagine Windows as a huge camper compete with twin bowling alleys, olympic pool and grand ballrooms of Victorian porportions. Having every single convenience on earth, it can barely move. Ubuntu is similar. Perhaps only the one bowling alley. Mint is a fine little runner, like a common Toyota. It does the daily. Puppy is pocket-sized and homely like an old VW bug. Archlinux is like the kit car you build yourself. It can be the lightest and fastest without even a desktop if all you need is to run a server or similar. Size also touches on security which coming up. Less to protect is always good.
Repository. Super-important! Always check to see if the repo has your needs. If it does'nt, likely you need a different OS. Fedora has "clones". Other OSs that can do all the same stuff, like CentOS, seem quite good until you find out you have to "compile from source" everything you could have just installed in minutes on Fedora.

See, repos make installation easy. Without them, it is time consuming and not something beginners want to do. An OS, to be the best for your needs, MUST have your needs on the repo for easy installation.
So, make a list of ever application you will need and compare this to what the repo offers. Never skip this step.

The best OSs are built more than installed.

Installing some Linux Distros.

Installing Linux from the net.

Try a flavour of the week Linux distro or install to your laptop inclass.
All the different aspects of installation for someone at home alone with a computer and a net connection. Nothing more. No money. No accounts. No fancy hardware. This is how to make your computer run from anywhere in the world.
Those with the hardware can try something new every week. Its a good exercise as it takes the fear away of "Oh No!" away knowing how easy it is to just install new anytime you want free from the net.
How to make bootable Linux drive, whether you have Linux yet or not. Many are runnable without insatallaion, so you can try beforehand.

More compicated dual-boots with other Linux, Windows and Bootable USBs can be tried, talked abut and tried.

Installing Cyberpunk on Windows took twice as long as installing most Linux OSs.

Customisation.

My Linux is my personal home in cyberspace.

People like to make their personal spaces "personal". Specific to their preferences. Me too. Whether my computer, bike, home or whatever, I make it mine.
With many Linux, you will find an extra layer unknown in the world of Windows. You can have the same Linux OS and change the desktop to make it look like a totally different computer. Gnome comes stock on Ubuntu and is the biggest with the most bells and whistles. KDE is fairly small, but KDE Plasma is much larger option-filled. Minimalist that I am, I favor the xfce4 which is no-frills. Last look at the list of these went down the page for days. Loads to try.
Start-up Screens have several choices. Terminals.

Most used by me though, is aliases for all my most common usages. This is amazingly convenient. I can take 1 or 1000 commands or entire scripts and set them as aliases so typing a single word can save so much time and hassle.
On this level, you can change anything really. All Applications files have config files that can be editted for things large and small. Make an app sing a song to let you know its finished. Make you terminal more colorful. Have you text editor show syntax for whatever languages you gotta use today... so much more.

Using another's OS feels akin to walking in another's shoes... and they are too small. No place like home

Security

Security can mean different things to different people. What security do you need?

Security immediately meets the question of "against what?". How much security is needed depends entirely on the individual and situation.
If, for example, you want to do banking, you will need the top end security protected at every level. Whereas, if your kids use the old computer and it crashes because they always do stupid stuff, you might just let it crash and reinstall every so often.
Here's your basic layers: Layer one. Don't install BS. Have criterias for security. No one size fits all. I don't sign "agreements", but others may need propietary software. For sure, if you don't need it, don't install it. Smaller is better. This alone will save loads of time.
Don't use the Admin acct.. use an acct with Sudo privelidges and sudo every time you need to do anything requiring it. Absolutely basic.
Firewall can upgrade security for those needing more. UFW is the goto for Linux.
Antivirus are mainly used to check files from outside before sharing them with Windows users. Viruses are extremely rare for Linux and rarest for custom made.
You may need to commandeer the modem from the apt manager or provider. This is usually easily done by installing a new firmware directly via lan and restarting. Most modem makers will provide firmware for many languages online. Pick a language you know and install. Modem will now take all your security settings.
In some cases, you may attach a second modem between your pc and the gateway modem if for some reason you are unable to crack it.
And obviously, if you are banking or something, use lan, no wifi.
Lastly, at top tier, we get very specialised active security measures. The most important is to have multiple failed logins require a time-out. Can't do brute force attacks if you can't have unlimitted tries. More aggressive protections can trigger reverse tracing or any number of things. Can attach any script you can imagine to it basically.
And for the truly worried, you can even run an entire second computer as a sort of "dummy" that pretends its your computer and end of the line while taking notes of every action setting off alarms and whatever scripts you have waiting.
Windows Defender? Garbage. Dont' need any of that with a good OS.

Most important security tip? Dont be fucking stupid. :)