____/ yakety yak on Friday 24 August 2007 20:46 : \____
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:23:35 -0700, John Bailo, Texeme.Construct wrote:
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>>
>> Do the crime; face the ultimate punishment !!
>>
>>
http://news.com.com/Linux+felon+forced+to+install+Windows/2100-1030_3-6204348.html?tag=nefd.top
>>
>> ---
>> Scott McCausland, who used to be an administrator of the EliteTorrents
>> BitTorrent server before it was shut down by the FBI, pleaded guilty in
>> 2006 to two copyright-related charges over the uploading of Star Wars:
>> Episode III to the internet. As a result, he was sentenced to five months
>> in jail and five months' home confinement.
>>
>> McCausland--who also goes by the name "sk0t"--has since been released from
>> jail, but on Tuesday he reported on his blog that the terms of his
>> sentence meant he would have to install Windows if he wanted to use a
>> computer during his probation. "I had a meeting with my probation officer
>> today, and he told me that he has to install monitoring software onto my
>> PC," wrote McCausland. "No big deal to me...that is part of my sentence."
>> ---
>
> So install VMware, put Linux on that, and tunnel away!
Why get a Windows licence however? Therein lies the issue. Some suggested using
Wine, but the rootkit/spyware is likely to be too tied to the O/S to be
compatible with a win32 compatibility layer.
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