Have you guys heard of this? It is basically DotA from Warcraft 3. It has native linux support. yay! It looks really exciting since I play DotA through wine all the time. There is a beta now but I don't have a key. :( Here is a videos of the gameplay on youtube.
I am having issues with my first build. Whenever I restart my computer I get a screen that says:
"New CPU installed! Please enter Setup to configure your system.
Press F1 to Run SETUP
Press F2 to load default values and continue"
When i run the setup and save the settings they do not save...
You could alway try Archlinux. It is compile for 686 unlike Debian which has some 386 binaries. You probably won't notice a difference because you are running an i7. If you want to complete optimization then you could use Gentoo.
I just got my i7 and I love it. My main machine was an AMD XP 2600+ so it was time for an upgrade. It is so insanely fast. It only cost me $900 not including a case.
rtorrent is good for a server. it is command line so no need for Xorg. An external will work. You just need to make sure you are able to read the format. If it is ntfs then you will need ntfs-3g to be able to write to it.
MiniDisc was dead before it even started. I was the only person who that i knew that had one or had even really heard of them. I recently replaced my MiniDisc player with a Sansa Clip.