Why it's better? it has better completion, support right prompt, see this presentation for more
Here's how to install it on ArchLinux:
pacman -S zsh zsh-completions
chsh -s `which zsh`
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
plugins=(git git-extras redis-cli sudo systemd archlinux)
You can also install another theme, such as bullet-train:
mkdir $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes
cd $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes
aria2c "http://raw.github.com/caiogondim/bullet-train-oh-my-zsh-theme/master/bullet-train.zsh-theme"
Then set on ~/.zshrc:
BULLETTRAIN_DIR_EXTENDED=2
ZSH_THEME="bullet-train"
ZSH_THEME="bullet-train"