What is an ideal way to start for free as a beginner?

Is there a way to get into this sidehustle for free or work towards it without having a job or doing something crazy? The people close to me say crpyo is practically gambling even thought they have no ideal what crypto is. My best pc/main pc has an amd 480 (8vram), intel i3, 16 ram, windows 10, so im not sure if mining is ideal and it would be super slow, im not sure if it will even work.

Ive also considered crypto games like gods unchained but im not sure if i should start that or not.

what do you think is a good way to start for free as a beginner or work towards crypto without a job?

also please do not dm me.