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They are not exactly logically laid out to the average person, but are probably completely logical to the Microsoft programmers. It can be maddening to locate where to make these changes.

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Windows 10 is not as user friendly as are previous Windows versions. Like I said before, some parts of it need to be updated and made clearer, so be careful and make the changes you make fit your system and installation.

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The firestorm link above shows you how to do that for many anti-virus programs. You also need to exclude the cache folders from anti-virus and security scans.

firestorm-release64.exeВ (or firestorm-release.exe).

You should have the following files excluded in your firewall: You won't be needing the Firestorm.bin or Firstorm.exe in there if you are using a more modern release of the viewer. For example, if your current version of Firestorm is installed in the folder 'firestorm_ењ†4' make sure the exclusion is not set to 'FirestormOS_ењ†4' or some other name.

Many things have changed over the many versions of both Firestorm and your Operating System and you need to be sure that everything is still valid. HOWEVER, even if you have already done this in the past, go back and check to make sure the exclusions are still there and are still correct. Those are general directions and some bits are outdated. You need to make sure you add the correct filenames and folders and not just add exactly what they have listed there. Some of it does need to be updated to the current release, filenames, folders, and also made just a little clearer. One of the primary adjustments you will probably need to do is to exclude your viewer programs and folders from your firewall and anti-virus programs.ДЇ provides good instruction for accomplishing this ( Firestorm Whitelisting) for many anti-virus programs and your firewall. Operating systems and anti-virus programs can hinder, stymie, and block, communications and installations of the Firestorm Viewer. In this modern age of worry over hackers, trojans, worms, viruses, phishers, scammers, and probably aliens, everything is getting complicated. Outside of Firestorm (and any SL viewer) you probably will have to do some tweaking too forВ optimum efficiency and stability. However, if you need to change them then you can instead select properties and then choose to execute the script.Firestorm is a wonderful feature filled viewer, complex at times, but with a little time and effort you can get the most out of your Second Life experience by learning the basics of the settings.

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The archive should have preserved file permissions to allow you to execute it.

YouвЂ™ll need to right-click on it and then select execute script. Select a file called install.sh thatвЂ™s inside of the folder.

YouвЂ™ll need to then enter it by double clicking on it. Once the archive extraction dialog box vanishes, select the folder that came out of the archive. The extraction should only take a few moments. You may have a slightly different file extraction technique depending on your distribution. Right click on the archive and select вЂњExtract HereвЂќ from the context menu. Your distribution might also require you to use the Gnome, Unity, KDE or Xfce Applications menu to start the manager. You may start a graphical file manager by holding down the Super or Windows key and pushing E. Installing Phoenix Firestorm Viewer on LinuxД«egin by downloading the version of Firestorm Viewer thatвЂ™s appropriate for your Linux distribution at and then navigate to the directory that it got downloaded to. The installation system uses the same Bash script technology that powers many different types of Linux utilities. One of the more popular alternative viewers is Phoenix Firestorm, which is fortunately not too difficult to configure.

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PC owners who are working with a properly configured Linux environment have a few other choices, however.ДЄlternative viewers are often used to access these worlds in place of the original ones.

Sometimes this might not actually solve the issue.

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They often develop driver problems, and thus would require users to download proprietary closed-source drivers. While Second Life and the OpenSim virtual worlds are popular with PC users, some Linux systems have difficulties with running the native viewers.