Useful websites about Second Life

Getting started in Second Life can be difficult, but there are many web resources that can make the first steps easier and can also help you to keep in touch with the virtual world without having to be logged in. Here is our basic list of web links we often find useful when searching for help, news or interesting products and activities in Second Life:
 
Official information and tools

• Second Life blog for official news and announcements
• Second Life Support Center
• Second Life Wiki features many useful information
• Second Life Grid Status Reports for announcements of technical issues
• Second Life Downloads features the links to the latest Second Life viewer and different test versions
• Second Life video tutorials can help you learn the basics and even some advance tricks
• Second Life search on the web
• Second Life Events
• Second Life Showcase features interesting Second Life places
• LindeX™ Exchange allows you to buy and sell Linden dollars
• Information and tools for buying land
• LSL Wiki features information on Linden Scripting Language (the Second Life programming language)
• Second Life JIRA is a public library of Second Life bugs and issues

Second Life news

• Reuters Second Life news
• Massively - Second Life
• Second Life News Network
• New World Notes
• TheAvastar - Second Life

Other sites and tools

• SLTutorials.net lists many useful Second Life tutorials and tips
• SLCN in a television network with many interesting shows that cover different aspects of Second Life
• OnRez is a web market for Second Life products
• SLExchange is another web market for Second Life products
• AjaxLife is a browser based Second Life client without the 3D graphics
• Movable Life is another browser based Second Life client
• Second Life viewer cheat sheet features useful keyboard shortcuts for some common actions in Second Life

Are there any other links that we should add to this basic list? Let us know in the comments!