lol, would but not working to well for me, im on a linux machine atm

hi all i am xahn ive just happened upon this game and see that there are some vets from where once i was quite the avid gamer, ok i no longer play rok very often, so what im needing to know is what are the classes in this game, races, good items to aquire for a new player, are there dark elves in this game? if so what are good stats to go for, and what is the best class for me to start as? any help is much appreciated...

thanks