What about volunteering? Usually no credentials or experience is required. You get out of the house, get to be around people, and you get the satisfaction of feeling like you are doing something useful, which is rewarding in itself.
It could be anything. You have all kinds of organizations wanting volunteer help: social outreach programs, churches, scouts, clubs, etc. See if anything local catches your interest.
To manage packages on the terminal, I personally like to use aptitude which has a nice visual interface to find, install, and remove packages. It also lets you resolve conflicts interactively. If you do not want a separate tool, you can use apt-cache search to search for new packages.
As is typical with Linux, there are multiple ways to do it. I found an article that outlines a few alternatives.
Make sure your switch(es) are actually getting the full speed. Despite good cables, they could be negotiating at lower speeds. Also check that your router isn't limiting bandwidth in its configuration somewhere.
It isn't terribly different in practice from state and local regulations in the US, except the rules in Norway are the same nationwide.
For example, where I live in Ohio, I can buy beer at the grocery store with some restrictions on Sundays. I can also buy harder liquor in the state store, which is located in a physically separated section of the grocery store and where you have to be 21 (legal drinking age) to shop. Alcohol is subject to special taxes here, as well.
In Norway I would buy beer at the grocery store then go across the street to Vinmonopolet and buy some wine. I could do that at age 18, though some harder liquor is/was restricted to 21.
So it's not all that different, except in the US the limits are a little different, it's more likely to be regulated at a local level, and typically run by some private for-profit entity.
This is the answer. Here in this US checks are still widely used, and sometimes, thanks to processing fees, the only payment except cash someone will accept. Mobile payments, though available, haven't really taken off here like in Europe.
You haven't lived until you've installed Slackware from floppy disks and compiled the necessary network drivers into the kernel by hand. Good times, but never again.
When you become a naturalized citizen of the US you have to renounce your allegiance to other countries, but you don't have to give up your other citizenship.
I grew up in Norway, but haven't lived there for some time. When I first read this I was like "bullshit. you can drink anywhere". But, I looked it up and you are correct. However, it is not very often enforced unless you're being a nuisance. Drinking and driving on the other hand is taken very seriously. Don't even gamble with that a little bit in Norway.
Roughly in order of appearance. Personal devices only. I used many more for work.