Updates for the week ending Sunday, October 15
This summary is published every Monday, and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week. When reading it, please note:
- It is based on my Current Viewer Releases Page, a list of all Second Life viewers and clients that are in popular use (and of which I am aware), and which are recognised as adhering to the TPV Policy. This page includes comprehensive links to download pages, blog notes, release notes, etc., as well as links to any / all reviews of specific viewers / clients made within this blog
- By its nature, this summary presented here will always be in arrears, please refer to the Current Viewer Release Page for more up-to-date information.
Official LL Viewers
- Current Release version 5.0.8.329115, dated September 22nd, promoted October 13th – formerly the “Moonshine” Maintenance RC – NEW
- Release channel cohorts (notes on manually installing RC viewer versions):
- Maintenance RC viewer updated to version 5.0.9.329464, dated October 13th.
- Project viewers:
- No updates.
LL Viewer Resources
- SL Alternate Viewers wiki page – LL
- Viewer Source Repositories wiki page – LL
- Test Builds wiki page – LL
- Supported Viewers wiki page – LL
- Starlight alternative viewer skins page (not officially supported by LL)
- Viewer release process overview – this blog
- SL Viewer updates and reviews in this blog
Third-party Viewers
V5-style
- Black Dragon 64 updated to version 2.9.0 Beta 2 on October 11th (release notes).
V1-style
- Cool Viewer updated to version 1.26.20.34 on October 14 (release notes).
Mobile / Other Clients
- MetaChat updated to version 1.1.0 on October 14th (release notes).
- Lumiya updated to version 3.4.2 on October 5th (release notes)
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