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As much as we'd like to help you, you haven't even mentioned ONE specific thing in your request. Was your course in linux? or perhaps in gardening? Sorry, I can't read your mind.
Do you have 2 computers? One you need to keep working every day and one you can play with? How about installing a copy of Ubuntu on your for fun computer?
After you get it running you could try installing some programs/games and seeing if you like them. Try the live CD first - you can check if Ubuntu will work on your system.
Have you got more computers at home? If so, you could set up a network and practise configuring and managing various servers. If you've only got one computer it slightly reduces your options.
Regardless of the number of computers you have, you can always practise bash scripting or using tools like sed/awk
You can also get into network security. Learn to break into and harden your OS so that when you set up an internet-facing server you can rest assured that you know how to keep the bad guys out of your network and systems.
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