The current release of the Second Life client is version 1.10; Some of the new features included in this version include hardware lighting, flexible objects, click action functionality for objects and much more.Click here for the latest release notes.

Joining Second Life is simple. The sign-up process only asks you to accomplish a short form and from there, you proceed to download the client. Below are download links from the official second life site.

- Windows 2000/XP: 1.10.4.4
- Mac OS X: 1.10.4.4