http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/ Engadget Comments for Linux user forced to use Windows as part of home confinement http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
why are 'US' and 'software' linked in this article? that's utterly useless and i would love to see a click count please engadget! you know my email address ;)]]>Aug 24th 2007 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
Mac OSX FTW!
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To be quite frank, however, I'm surprised (though not really) that he's saying the US Gov should accommodate his OS desires when he wouldn't accommodate the law.]]>Aug 24th 2007 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
"sincerely held" = Linux laptop. ;)]]>Aug 24th 2007 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
just monitor his broadband connection, not his OS. silly feds.]]>Aug 24th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 25th 2007 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
that or he could just pirate it, get sent back to jail and repeat ;)]]>Aug 24th 2007 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 26th 2007 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
A criminal wants the US government to conform to his standards of punishment?

Right.....

Cause this scenario sounds acceptable?

Sir, you are convicted of the slaying of 5 people.
Where do you want to go to prison?

Disney Land

]]>Aug 24th 2007 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
Wait, I don't like Linux or criminals, so I don't.]]>Aug 24th 2007 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
Linux, check
criminal ---scratch--- Microsoft, check

So your a Mac user?]]>Aug 24th 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
He must be using Amiga or DOS.]]>Aug 26th 2007 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/> He must be using Amiga or DOS

Dude, DOS was Microsoft's first OS. So if he considers Microsoft a criminal, then he would definitely NOT be using DOS.]]>Sep 23rd 2007 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Oct 25th 2007 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Do you have any idea how much more expensive that would be, in terms of manpower alone? They need something readable by the parole officer. That said, the LiveCD option would make a hell of a lot more sense than even Windows.]]>Aug 24th 2007 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
It's called a log file - log where he went, size of downloads, uploads, transfers, etc. Won't matter what OS he uses if you intercept all his internet usage at the connection. ]]>Aug 24th 2007 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/What I got from the entry was that the gov't just mandated they be able to install monitoring s/w on his computer. If the s/w worked in WINE (pretty doubtful tbh), then he would be in compliance with the court order. Though he probably already tried that and found it didn't work.]]>Aug 24th 2007 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
He doesn't have to wipe out his Linux Install just for this. ]]>Aug 24th 2007 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
Attention Terrorists, save money and keep the US government out of your business by switching to linux today! Act now and pay nothing! Hurry though, this is a limited time offer! Hundreds of distros are standing by!

Seems the US government should be able to accommodate any OS as the hundreds of groups that do not like the US probably can. Sounds like a hole in national security to me especially for groups operating outside the US where the government has no power to monitor their connection and the only option would be to discretely install monitoring software.

Or maybe they do have that ability but just want to further punish this guy by making him switch to Windows. ]]>Aug 24th 2007 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
I am so stoked that the gov't can't figure out how to monitor a Linux user at a reasonable cost!

There is a silver lining here!]]>Aug 24th 2007 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
Seriously, don't bitch about what OS you're being forced to use on your computer- in your house, as in, not in prison. What a moron. Here's an idea- don't break the law in the first place. Idiot.]]>Aug 24th 2007 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/

Yes, he won't be any threat if Windows is the OS he is forced to use. Obviously, the windows-based monitoring software cannot be backdoored, hacked, disabled, spoofer or otherwise compromised. With that iron-tight OS I'm sure there's no possibility he could telnet to another machine (running Linux) while circumventing the protection measures and restrictions.

Afterall! This is what we use to run our voting machines!

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Keep the l337 Wow type to yourself, kthxbye.]]>Aug 24th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
btw, if this guy had to use OSX, he'd probebly hang himself]]>Aug 24th 2007 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/
work_ Box_ week_ year_ up_ it_ enough_ iPAQs_

You do what with an IPAQ for a week out of the year? Work your box enough??]]>Aug 24th 2007 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/linux-user-forced-to-use-windows-as-part-of-home-confinement/Aug 24th 2007 4:33PM