links that we looked at and discussed at the electrofringe 2009 openSim workshop.

openSim itself:
main page: http://opensimulator.org/

grids:
osGrid: http://www.osgrid.org/ (host your own sim)
reaction Grid: http://reactiongrid.com/ (doing really interesting stuff – more to say on this soon)

resources:
maxPing: http://maxping.org/ (many great articles)
adam frisby: http://www.adamfrisby.com/ (core developer)

viewers:
meerkat: http://meerkatviewer.org/ (* i recommend this one)
hippo: http://mjm-labs.com/viewer/
snowglobe: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Snowglobe (the “official” Linden Lab sponsored openSource viewer project)
realXtend viewer: http://www.realxtend.org/ (if only for the ease of exporting and importing an avatars appearance.)

libOpenMetaverse: http://lib.openmetaverse.org/ (text only command line ‘bot’ client)

mono:
mono: http://www.mono-project.com/

cheap remote servers:
a whole server: http://cari.net (from $50/month – have run 6 regions with light loads or one heavier region)
a VPS: (virtual private server: a part of a server that acts like a whole server – each could host a light region – though sometimes a little sluggish, in particular if more than a few avatars are there at once)
$15 option: http://www.tektonic.net/
$10 option: http://fsckvps.com/

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