If you've ever wanted to attempt an installation of Arch Linux, now's the time. Jack Wallen introduces you to the handy new text-based installer tool.

VirtualBox is more powerful, but I find VMware Player easier for the virtual machine novice. (Yes, I know that I recommended VirtualBox just last week, but that was for a Windows 8-specific job.) ...

In today's open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews Arch Linux. Plus: SuperTux 0.4.0 has been released. And how to hack Linux with the backspace key.

Jack Wallen shows you how to make installing software on Arch Linux much easier.