System Requirements

Your computer must meet these REQUIREMENTS, or you may not be able to successfully participate in Second Life.

Windows

Minimum Requirements

Recommended

Internet Connection*:

Cable or DSL

Broadband internet connection

Operating System:

Windows® 10 (latest Service Pack), 64-bit version

Windows® 11 64-bit (latest Service Pack), 64-bit version

Computer Processor**:

CPU with SSE2 support, 2 cores

CPU with SSE2 support, 8 cores

Computer Memory:

4 GB

8 GB or more

Screen Resolution:

1024x768 pixels

1920x1080 pixels

Graphics:

OpenGL 3.2

OpenGL 4.6

macOS

Minimum Requirements

Recommended

Internet Connection*:

Cable or DSL

Broadband internet connection

Operating System:

Mac OS X 11

The latest official Apple release of macOS

Computer Processor:

1.5 GHz Intel based Mac

2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or above

Computer Memory:

4 GB

8 GB or more

Screen Resolution:

1024x768 pixels

1920x1080 pixels

Graphics:

OpenGL 3.2

OpenGL 4.1

Linux ***

Minimum Requirements

Recommended

Internet Connection*:

Cable or DSL

Broadband internet connection

Operating System:

A reasonably modern 32-bit Linux environment is required. If you are running a 64-bit Linux distribution then you will need its 32-bit compatibility environment installed.

A reasonably modern 32-bit Linux environment is required. If you are running a 64-bit Linux distribution then you will need its 32-bit compatibility environment installed.

Computer Processor:

800 MHz Intel® Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™

1.5 GHz or better

Computer Memory:

4 GB

8 GB or more

Screen Resolution:

1024x768 pixels

1920x1080 pixels

Graphics:

OpenGL 3.2

OpenGL 4.6

Important Notes

* Second Life is not compatible with dial-up internet, satellite internet, and some wireless internet services.

** x86_64 architecture CPUs only. ARM architecture CPUs not supported for Windows at this time.

*** The Linux viewer is community supported, and may not be fully compatible with all Second Life features.

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