Felon Tells Court to Change OS

Elite Torrents BitTorrent server was shut down by the FBI after Scott McCausland, an administrator, pled guilty to two copyright-related charges for uploading Star Wars Episode III to the Internet.
Sentenced to 5 months in jail and 5 months home confinement, McCausland was ordered - by the court - to install and run Windows if he wants to use a computer during his confinement.

Apparently, the court requires the installation of tracking software to enable them to monitor what sites McCausland visits on the Internet. But, the tracker only works on a Windows platform. McCausland prefers to use Linux (through which he managed to illegally upload SW-EpIII) and doesn't want to have to download and use a Windows OS.

As I understand it, McCausland's lawyers are actually planning to petition the court to force them to change the OS of their monitoring software - for one felon! Insane!

Is it not the court that decides the circumstances of a criminal's punishment - not the criminal? If I were the judge, I believe that I would advise Mr. McCausland to comply or do without a computer. Period!

DJ