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1st steps in Second Life You are new to Second Life (SL) ? You want to learn the basics of SL ? This section is for you ! You can also download the quickstart guide ! Second Life? What is it? About Second Life Beginner Guides, several Guides are available: User's Manual for the Second Life Software Learn the skills you need in just a few minutes with Torley's videos Try the Hey Avatar! video tutorials from Mo Hax for beginners Gwyneth's guide, Tid's guide & Lum's guide You can also visit Help Island Public / Orientation Island or join groups of the Resident Help Network Portal Viewers This is about the software you need to start your SL! Main viewer : Download main viewer Release Notes Beta Viewer : This is an early look at what will become the next version of the viewer; it will have newer features, and fixes for some problems that are still in the main viewer, but may also have some new problems (finding those and fixing them is what Beta is all about). These are released approximately weekly. Download beta viewer Creation The wiki proposes portals dedicated to creation: Creation Portal : Machimina, clothing, building, etc. LSL Portal : How to script in SL! Sculpted_Prims : The prim's new generation. Marketing : Resources for understanding and promoting Second Life and your content. Open Source Portal : Information about getting and using the Second Life source code. Bugs, Abuse Report, DMCA, tickets, etc About bugs reporting in JIRA : How to report bugs in the JIRA : Bug Reporting 101, Debug Help & Issue tracker If you have any problems with your inventory, check the Inventory Recovery Steps You can also check : Bug Fixes Lum's guidelines Go to JIRA Linden Lab Support: Information about Linden Lab Support How to file an Abuse Report Go to Support Trademark & Copyright: Guidelines about Trademarks and Copyright Guidelines for Using Linden Lab's Trademarks Information about DMCA Other subjects Dazzle : Information about the latest SL viewer ! Havok4 : All you want to know about the new physics engine ! Mono : Mono is here... WindLight : The new atmospheric lighting and rendering system Open Grid Public Beta : The open grid public beta has been launched Wiki Video tutorial about wiki use. How to edit wiki pages ?. Wiki Help : All you want to know about this wiki. Terms of use of this wiki. Discussions about this wiki. Any doubts about wiki ? Read Wiki myths busted.

Linden Lab About Lindens The list of Linden Lab employees Linden Bears !! Do you want to meet Lindens? Check their User Groups! Visit the Linden Village ! Go to Linden blog ! About Linden Lab Linden Lab Term of Services & Community Standards) How to propose new features to Linden Lab ? Go to Linden Lab Web Site Advanced Help This section contains advanced help for Residents about avatars, objects, navigation, communication, community etc. Tutorials: Torley's video tutorials Videos for beginners Tips of the Week Quicktips You can also check : The KB Articles of the Week Tips&Tricks section of the Linden blog Various tutorials and the Creation Portal the Basic Resource Toolbox SL Glossary Avatars (appareance, gesture, etc): Modify your appareance. More... Objects (build, inventory, etc): Permissions Explained, Inventory Recovery Steps, More... Multimedia (voice, audio/video stream, sound, etc): How to stream media How to record voice Torley's video Tutorial about voice Torley's video Tutorial about parcel media More... Communication (chat, IM, etc.): Voice FAQ Conference More... Community/Social (group, SLetiquette, events, etc): SLetiquette, Cool places, More... Navigation (map, SLurl, movement, etc): Movement_Video_Tutorials, More... Lands (land, sims & estate): Land Buying FAQ, Torley's video Tutorial about lands Joining/subdividing lands, More... Viewers (preference, menu, etc): 10 Things You Want to Know in Your new 1.20 Viewer, Accessibility, Keyboard shortcut keys & Keyboard shortcuts by Kippie Friedkin (1.14 MB) More... Hardware: System Requirements How to update your drivers How to identify your graphics card How to configure your firewall Miscellaneous information (Combat, $L, etc): Limits, Combat, Teen Grid, More...