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Deploys for the Week of 2011-02-14

15 February 2011 by roger, No Comments

Hi I’m Oskar Linden, your friendly Lead, QA Engineer for the Core Team. I will be making these posts for the time being. Please be kind, this is my first forums post and this software behaves oddly. This is what we got going on this week: Second Life Server (main channel) We have a lot [...]

Join the Valentine’s Day Smooch-fest Event!

14 February 2011 by roger, No Comments

Kissing booths are now open! The annual Kiss-a-Linden/Kiss-a-Volunteer event is under way until 7:00 p.m. PST, and we hope you’ll stop by to share a little love with your fellow Residents and Lindens. Cupid Linden is out and about, so stop by and say hello! If you’re lucky, she may even shoot you with a [...]

Viewer 2.5 with Web Profiles Has Arrived

11 February 2011 by roger, No Comments

Today we launched Viewer 2.5, now out of Beta. The most significant update is a new, web-based profile system, which allows profiles to be viewed and edited both on the web and in the Viewer. For example, here’s mine. Please note this is just a starting point for the web-based profiles; we’ll be doing a [...]

Viewer 2.5 with Web Profiles Has Arrived

11 February 2011 by roger, No Comments

Today we launched Viewer 2.5, now out of Beta. The most significant update is a new, web-based profile system, which allows profiles to be viewed and edited both on the web and in the Viewer. For example, here’s mine. Please note this is just a starting point for the web-based profiles; we’ll be doing a [...]

[GUIDE] Configuring your firewall to allow access to Second Life

10 February 2011 by roger, No Comments

Whether you’re in a corporate environment or have a few computers connected at home, your network likely includes firewalls, which prevent security intrusions and other kinds of unauthorized access. If you’re trying to connect to Second Life behind firewalls that are too restrictive, you may be blocked unless you open ports and otherwise allow the [...]

Improving our Lines of Communication with the Community

9 February 2011 by roger, No Comments

As customers, your satisfaction and input is critical to the success of Second Life. However, we know that it has sometimes been confusing and difficult to communicate with us and we can always do a better job of  listening. Toward that end, we’ve taken a hard look at all of our Resident-Linden communication paths and [...]