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Initial Setup

• Download - Download instructions
• Dependencies - The other packages you need to install that OpenSim relies upon
• Build Instructions - How to build and compile OpenSim from Source
• Configuration - How to configure your OpenSim server up and running
• Upgrading - How to upgrade your OpenSim version so that you can use your existing data
• Connecting - How to connect a compatible viewer to OpenSim
• Troubleshooting - How to trouble shoot your OpenSim installation.
• Tips - Useful tips from users like you
• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
• Technical Reference - Technical Reference Guide

Administrator Guide

• Server Commands - Commands to control OpenSim
• OpenSim Database support - Dealing with databases
• Logging - Logging in OpenSim
• Custom Libraries - Describes how to add custom content to your OpenSim server
• Automating Tasks - How to make administrating a walk in the park
• Network Settings - NAT, Ports, Services and more...
• Management - All about being an effective administrator/moderator
• Performance - How to tweak OpenSim's performance
• Console-less OpenSim - How to run OpenSim without console
• Backups - How to backup your OpenSim data.

Core Facilities

• OpenSim Archives - Loading and saving whole region archives with OpenSim
• IRCBridgeModule - A core OpenSim module for integrating IRC with a simulator.
• Hypergrid - Information about how to configure the experimental hypergrid architecture
• GridInfo - how to provide information about your grid to smart clients

RealXtend

• ModRex - How to setup the RealXtend server module
• RealXtend Viewer Linux - This tutorial describes how to use the RealXtend viewer on Linux, using wine

Scripting

• Scripting Documentation - Everything you need to know about OpenSim scripting
• Scripting Library - A list of example scripts

Tutorials

Platform specific

• Linux Gridserver, the ubuntu way the quick and dirty way to install opensim under ubuntu (Linux)
• Wiimote - How to use a wiimote/nunchuk controller with the OpenSim viewer (Linux)
• Cacti - Generate Serverstats using the Cacti-Tool and SNMP (Linux)
• Installing an openSUSE 11.1 Minimal server setup for an OpenSim server - Quick and Dirty setup on an openSUSE 11.1 server

• Chapter & Metaverse - Full suite of tutorials, tips and tricks, for the Windows user (Windows) Also very useful for Linux users!

Cross-platform

• OSGrid Region Registration - Describes how to link your region into OS-Grid
• Hints & Tricks - A page for Hints and Tricks
• Getting Started with Region Modules - The Hello World of OpenSim application development
• Building a bot - Getting started with bot design using libomv from the client side.
• pCampBot - Physical OpenSim bots
• Using L3DT - How to create custom terrains
• Detailed cross-region terrain making - A workflow for creating large cross-region custom terrains
• How to make a good Terrain (includes 4 programs to use)

Gforge Projects

• OpenSimSearch - Search for your OpenSim
• Linux Gridserver - Linux Gridserver using the Moo tool
• WiXTD - Setup and usage of the WiXTD metaverse-portal
• ServerStats - RRD/Proc serverstats using the OpenSim module for Berlios Serverstats (Linux)
• JabberBridge - Jabber/Xmpp bridge for opensim (currently only works properly in Standalone mode)

Unofficial Hypernauta's Basic Manual

• If you are a real beginner it can be for you. Talking about "personal" worlds created using domestic computers. LINK

Contribution Policy

• User Wiki Conventions - Read this carefully, before adding content to the wiki

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