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With almost two decades of writing and reporting on Linux, Mayank Sharma would like everyone to think he’s TechRadar Pro’s expert on the topic. Of course, he’s just as interested in other computing topics, particularly cybersecurity, cloud, containers, and coding.

Articles by: Mayank Sharma

Oxylabs Review Listing

Oxylabs Review: Pros & Cons, Features, Ratings, Pricing and more

By Mayank Sharma last updated 3 April 23

Updated Oxylabs may be a bit more than the competition but this proxy service offers plenty of features and lots to learn.

Smartproxy Review Listing

Smartproxy proxy service review

By Mayank Sharma last updated 29 March 23

Updated Smartproxy provides a vast proxy network and a handy library of management apps for all your proxy needs.

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Best Linux distro for developers of 2023

By Mayank Sharma last updated 10 March 23

Updated We feature the best Linux distros for developers, that offer an simple, stable, and secure environment for coding and programming.

Microsoft Excel

Best Excel online courses of 2023

By Mayank Sharma last updated 7 April 23

Updated We feature the best Excel online courses, to make it simple and easy to learn your way around Excel spreadsheet software, whether you're a new or advanced user.

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Best Raspberry Pi distros in 2023

By Shashank Sharma last updated 8 March 23

Updated We feature the best Raspberry Pi distros with specialty options for retro gaming fans and HTPC enthusiasts.

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Best COBOL online courses of 2023

By Mayank Sharma last updated 24 May 23

Updated We feature the best COBOL online courses, to make it easier to use COBOL programming language through distance learning at home.

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Best Python online courses for 2023

By Mayank Sharma last updated 5 June 23

Updated We feature the best Python online courses to provide a simple way to learn, develop, and advance your programming skills.

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Best USB bootable distros of 2023

By Mayank Sharma last updated 12 April 23

Updated We list the best USB bootable distros, to make it simple and easy to run Linux using little more than a USB drive.

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Best Photoshop courses online (2023)

By Mayank Sharma last updated 23 May 23

Updated TechRadar Pro tests the best paid and free Photoshop courses online, so you can become an advanced Adobe Photoshop artist.

Hard Drive Close Up

Best NAS & media server distros of 2023

By Mayank Sharma last updated 7 March 23

Updated We feature the best NAS & media server distros, to provide a simple way to setup a central storage repository and stream media across the network.

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Best HTML online course of 2023

By Mayank Sharma last updated 8 June 23

Updated We feature the best HTML online courses, to make it simple and easy to improve your website design and development skills from beginner to advanced.

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Best SQL online course of 2023

By Mayank Sharma last updated 5 June 23

Updated We list the best SQL online courses, to make it simple and easy to learn SQL for databases, covering everything from beginner to advanced users.

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This new Raspberry Pi-powered cluster computer is cheaper than a basic desktop

By Mayank Sharma published 4 December 21

The Turing Pi 2 can pack in four Raspberry Pi CM4s with up to 32GB of RAM.

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Pretty much all Wi-Fi routers are vulnerable to attack, study finds

By Mayank Sharma published 3 December 21

Researchers have found hundreds of vulnerabilities in nine popular Wi-Fi routers used by millions all over the world.

Kremlin

Russia has banned a whole load more VPN services

By Mayank Sharma published 3 December 21

Another six VPN services have been outlawed, bringing the total number of VPN services banned in Russia to 15.

Google

Everyone's been talking about AWS, and Google Cloud is jealous

By Mayank Sharma published 3 December 21

Google announces its roadmap for developing new cloud regions going into the new year.

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A single VPN drop-out exposed breach scandal that cost Ubiquiti $4bn

By Mayank Sharma last updated 3 December 21

A flaky internet connection has helped investigators link a former Ubiquiti employee to the data breach earlier this year.

Avast cybersecurity

A simple bypass made Box's multi-factor authentication redundant

By Mayank Sharma published 3 December 21

Improper implementation can undo all the benefits of switching to MFA, say researchers.

Xiaomi's robot dog named CyberDog

Ubuntu is the brains behind Xiaomi's Half Life-esque CyberDog

By Mayank Sharma published 2 December 21

Xiaomi’s four-legged robot runs Ubuntu 18.04 and will receive updates throughout its lifetime.

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Mozilla patches critical security flaw that impacts several popular software offerings

By Mayank Sharma published 2 December 21

Flaw affects multiple open source email clients and PDF viewers.

Representation image of WD's new OptiNAND HDD technology

New Western Digital 30TB HDDs could be on the horizon

By Mayank Sharma published 2 December 21

WD believes it can bank on its proprietary OptiNAND technology to create bigger capacity conventional HDD by adding more platters.

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China set to embrace open source in new software push

By Mayank Sharma published 2 December 21

China says it needs to overhaul its attitude towards software, and create two or three open source communities of international influence in the next five years.

Inside view and cut-view of Seagate's new 20TB HDDs

Seagate launches 20TB IronWolf and Exos hard drives

By Mayank Sharma last updated 3 December 21

Seagate delivers two highly-anticipated 20TB HDDs.

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Serious WordPress plugin vulnerability puts thousands of sites at risk

By Mayank Sharma published 2 December 21

Attackers could exploit the vulnerability to completely take over an ecommerce website.

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Black Friday saw a huge jump in malware attacks

By Mayank Sharma published 1 December 21

Scammers were relentless in facilitating malicious campaigns, despite shoppers spending less in 2021.

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