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Hey, what’s that sound? The answer here is a little-known fact that needs to be spread more: you can customize the collision sound an object...
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Second Life is a 3D virtual world entirely created by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of members from around t...

Hey, what’s that sound? The answer here is a little-known fact that needs to be spread more: you can customize the collision sound an object...

The Governance Team and Torley present an awesome video tutorial which shows you how to file effective abuse reports and deal with griefer p...

ArtRage, the natural-media painting program, is so easy to use with Second Life. Not only does it have a free version, with use of transpare...

Every time you click the Default button in the texture picker, it shows you the yellowy plywood which has served us for years. But what if y...

There's a region named Here in Second Life, and it's Torley Linden's creative land o' chaos. You can video tutorials inworld, try some of th...

After a second lifetime of testing, it's out in the wild as the main viewer! What features await you, and how can you benefit from them? Wat...

Here's more info on SLURLs and how to control where you teleport. By understanding this better, you’ll be closer to mastering inworld explor...

You can use the familiar comfort of Firefox or another browser to store inworld landmarks.

In your Inventory window is a folder with Linden-provided stock content, including avatars, textures, etc.

It's your voice chat status indicator. Here's how to turn it off.

Ever wanted to easily pop open an in-viewer web browser? Here’s how!

Ever run into a wall you couldn’t see? Here’s how to reveal them. Other uses of invisible objects also covered.

A related feature to Show Look At. Hopefully per VWR-8144 on the Issue Tracker, it’ll be easier to use.

By popular request! Know if you’re being watched. Thanx to Richard Linden for info on what the different colors mean.

If you forgot where it went, don’t panic. Just watch this and you’ll be on your way.

You should also know this. The sit click action lets people sit on your creations (both scripted and not) with one left-click! There’s hardl...

You need to know this. But even if you do, did you know these tricks? See inside!

Got Linden trees in a coalesced/combined object you can’t rez because you don’t have land? Courtesy of our Support Team comes a workaround.

They’re what happens when you take more than one object at the same time. See this to understand why they’re both a pleasure and a pain.

I’m crazy about sharing better ways to get around. Here’s an unobvious-but-valuable way to "connect the dots".

New in Second Life 1.20 is the easy option to choose how the user interface looks. Don’t forget, more customizability is on the way!

On a powerful enough computer? Want to take extra-high-quality snapshots? Maybe you need to do this!

With a few clicks, you can make Second Life run faster/smoother. Especially recommended if you’re new to SL and having a tough time.

What do they do? I'll show you!

Make your avatar’s lips move while talking. One of the coolest "hidden" features we have; you’ll need at least version 1.20 (not the existin...

Harmony Linden got me thinking: I haven’t yet seen a custom speech gesture pack. Has anyone made one? In the meantime, watch this to get sta...

Second Life scripting is a lot easier with Autoscript, Ann Enigma's simple tool to generate scripts for popular purposes: giving notecards,...

In Second Life, you never have to fear losing your shirt, because you can always make a new one in a just a few minutes! Follow along with T...

Researchers from IBM and Linden Lab® gathered in an experimental area of the 3D virtual world, Second Life. Together they prepared to te...

Mitch Kapor, on Linden Lab's Board of Directors, and Robin Harper, VP of Marketing & Community Development, wrap up the Second Life 5th's Bi...

Mitch Kapor, on Linden Lab's Board of Directors, and Robin Harper, VP of Marketing & Community Development, wrap up the Second Life 5th's Bi...

Torley shows you how easy it can be to make great, realistic (or surrealistic) textures which seamlessly tile (no ugly gaps between repeats)...

Chairman of the Board Philip and CEO M Linden of Linden Lab kick off the celebration of Second Life 5th's Birthday with a keynote address. Y...

Chairman of the Board Philip and CEO M Linden of Linden Lab kick off the celebration of Second Life 5th's Birthday with a keynote address. Y...

Torley walks you through recording voice chat (and other sounds) in Second Life. Whether you want to capture a public event (like a meeting...

This video tutorial explains what "group liabilities" are and why it's important to check your groups to see if you're being charged small a...

Learn more about Linden Lab employees! In this funtastical video tour, I'll show you: you how to meet Lindens in-avatar via Office Hours, wh...

Katt Linden interviews Pathfinder and Claudia Linden about some of the fascinating education projects taking place in Second Life. These two...

Sharing is caring! (Or something like that.) And a big benefit of Second Life is being able to collaborate with friends & groups of people y...

Hover over to get a tooltip, or click to get an extended description.

By holding down the right mouse button and releasing it on a pie menu "slice", you can use options with less effort.

Unintuitive but it works: you can give body parts/clothes while wearing, yet attachments (objects) need to be taken off first

Want to silence the IM "ding-ding!" or any other user interface sound selectively? We have an Advanced menu option for that.

A quick run-through of reasons why you might not be hearing sound. Be sure your speakers are on, too.

Have adjacent parcels of land which span more than one region? You'll want to check out this workaround.

Just click and drag the mouse button to blaze through!

Within this hidden menu are many powerful features which I've covered in other tutorials. Since they're unsupported, use them at your own ri...

This simple exercise can be applied whenever you want to texture faces of a prim independently and differently.

Saying "lag" by itself is like saying "I hurt" to a doctor. But where, and what kind of pain? Have a look at the lag meter!

http://get.secondlife.com will instantly download the newest main viewer in the current operating system you're on.