What's the difference between using mariadb as database and using mysql?

[x w]

I'm using a Linux distribution called manjaro and mysql has been replaced with mariabd in the official repository. When I use maridb as database, what is the difference with mysql? Is there something special that I should pay attention to?

[K Porter]

Perhaps the biggest difference is ownership. Mysql is owned by Oracle and, though free, is not considered open source. It was acquired by Oracle in 2010.  Its creators felt there was a conflict of interest so they left to start MariaDB.

MariaDB is owned by the MariaDB Foundation and is considered completely open source.  It was built by the same people who built Mysql as a drop-in replacement for Mysql.  

You should have no problems migrating your code from Mysql to MariaDB.  I run on several different servers at least one of which runs Mysql (while the others have already migrated to MariaDB) using the same code with NO changes. 

There's a lot more to it than what I've mentioned here.  But I hope I have, at least, helped answer your question.

I Personally, I prefer MariaDB.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 2:34 PM x w <wangxio...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm using a Linux distribution called manjaro and mysql has been replaced with mariabd in the official repository. When I use maridb as database, what is the difference with mysql? Is there something special that I should pay attention to?

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[Petr B.]

just use postgresql

четверг, 28 февраля 2019 г., 19:35:03 UTC+7 пользователь x w написал:

[swisstech08]

Hi K Porter,

Thank you for the info. The application that stores that in the MySql DB has a requirement it to b MySql and I was told MariaDB will not be supported. I assume I can also build a MariaDB test instance and verify the application can read/write to the database.