How to get into Second Life without really trying

How to get into Second Life without really trying ... Click the panel above, register, download/install software. You will enter Second Life at a welcome place for beginners. A walk through will show you the basic things you need to know. It will take only a few minutes. Text me when you get to Second Life What do people do in Second Life? Special help for instructors bringing in classes	Annotated screen shots New Resident Resources RUC Conversation Plaza/Hobo Helpers Sandboxes
When you are ready to start exploring Second Life, click on the link below. Rockcliffe University Consortium Gateway Hobo Helpers: help in Second Life Join the Hobo Helpers group to be able to send requests for help to the entire group via instant message. For an extensive list of helper groups is SL, with information and locations, see Destination guide > Help and How To	I expect to be available to talk to people at these times: (7 days/per week) There will be exceptions. 7 AM SLT = California time 11 AM SLT 5 PM SLT I will usually be at RUC hobo helpers desk: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockcliffe%20I/44/86/24 near these times, unless I am at an event (which will usually have been announced in the Hobo Helpers group). I may not stay near the RUC location for long unless there are people there wanting help. To contact me in Second Life, type Thinkerer Melville in search (upper right corner). Press return. Feel free to IM me. I may not be able to talk at that time, but will tell you when I can meet you. Feel free to send me a friend invitation. Thinkerer Melville aka Selby Evans.
Thinkerer's report from the Virtual World JWHEELS RECOMMENDS SECOND LIFE ENTERTAINMENT	Background Information What does it cost to be in Second Life? Is there an educational discount? Basic membership is free. Costs come from buying or renting land. SL Land (general) Private region pricing (Substantial discounts here for educational and non-profits.) Rental (discounts for educational and non-profits) Private sales and auctions
Newcomers usually as a question like this: What do we do here? I have made a notecard (included the Hobo Kit) that lists some of the things people do here: EARN MONEY MUSIC, VARIETY, PERFORMING HOBBIES SCIENCE, TECH, HEALTH CREATE CONTENT BUSINESS TEACH LITERATURE & ARTS HOLD MEETINGS MEET FRIENDS USE LAND The Hobo Kit carries detailed information on how to get started with these activities
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Blogs about Second Life
Shiny Life
MUSIC NOT POLITICS
Music Awareness
Publishing Talk
Virtual Worlds News
Virtual Pioneers Blog

Entertaiment and performers in SL:
Jwheels' Rolodex

Making videos in SL
Thinkerer Studios
Vidder Maker Workshop

Personal psychology and problem solving
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Can I run Second Life in Windows 7?
Yes. Despite what the official website says, lots of people run Second Life on windows 7. See the comment from Torley Linden (current and long time Linden employee).

I have been following the forums on this matter and seen a few people describing problems. For the most part, these sound like problems with graphics cards and drivers. You do want to be sure your graphics driver is up to date. And if the installer does not recognize your graphics card, it may set your graphics quality to the minimum. That will look terrible. You can reset it:

Me (top menu, right) > Preferences > Graphics > Quality and Speed-- set slider high for start, reduce it to Mid if things are too slow or jerky.

For the the 64 bit version, Windows needs to run Second life in a compatibility mode. On my machine, the installation was done automatically, but if you have trouble, you may want to check Windows Help for the compatibility mode.

How to get into Second Life without really trying

Thinkerer's adventures in Second Life

What do people do in Second Life?

Thinkerer's report from the Virtual World

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