Open trackers irc.opentrackers.org Digital irc irc.digitalirc.org Corrupt net irc.corrupt-net.org
I would recommend Manjaro. Very beginner friendly, has access to the AUR and a great community forum where you can find the answer to any question or problem. I took the leap years back from Windows to Linux and it was one of the best things i ever did.
sorry for the late reply, its the base code 1337x is created from
There is no official 1337x subreddit or discord group. Go to the 1337x official chat room (link on the front page of 1337x.to) and ask about a discord group or sub reddit and they will tell you its fake.
1337x uses Torrent trader https://github.com/MicrosoulV3/TorrentTrader-v3 https://sourceforge.net/projects/torrenttrader/
https://github.com/evan-buss/openbooks