Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Before you attempt these alternative Arch installation methods, I ...

I LOVE Arch Linux as a distro. It ticks all my boxes and has improved my knowledge tenfold, but there are some things I wish I knew before switching.

Flickr user and reader okubax's desktop is a clean, simple Arch Linux setup that looks great. Best of all, aside from installing Arch, it doesn't take much to configure. Here's how he set it up.

Arch Linux is well known for being one of the more complicated distributions on the market. Although not on the level of Gentoo's difficulty, Arch does pose many a challenge for those new to the world ...