If you have ssh enabled then you can pretty much install the nodejs in the same way as you do for any linux system and configure it to listen to other ports which are not used by any other services .

It is a community that encourages social interaction of developers other than sticking to the traditional Q&A way . This also provides various ways of interacting with other people. The new blog feature is just a killer one!!!!! waiting to receive it for my account.

Try out Arch Linux ! Even from the installation process your skills are being tested . It has best documentation among all other distros. Arch Linux's repositories contains latest packages but aware they aren't tested well but mostly works fine! Arch Linux follows a bleeding edge update mechanism , which means you are using the latest version of OS always !