For developers familiar with MySQL, you've probably heard that MariaDB is the next generation of the database engine. MySQL has long been the traditional database in Linux, Apache, MySQL ...

For years, MySQL has been the dominant open-source database management system (DBMS). Recently, MariaDB, the MySQL fork created by MySQL's founder, has been making in-roads and Wikipedia ...

Major Linux distributions like Red Hat and SUSE, are switching it out for its fork, MariaDB. Major Websites, such as Wikipedia, have also replaced MySQL with MariaDB. Now, adding insult to injury ...

In the wake of the deal, Widenius formed a couple of organizations, one called SkySQL (focused on MySQL services) and one called Monty Program (for MariaDB), which eventually merged and rebranded ...

When it comes to open-source licenses, developers have their fair share of choices (GPL, BSD, MIT, Apache, etc.), all of them with their own pros and cons. The same goes for commercial licenses.

MariaDB Server 10.3 introduces Oracle compatibility, allowing users to utilize Oracle PL/SQL and Oracle sequences in an open source database. This makes it easier for DBAs and developers to migrate ...

Amazon RDS for MySQL and MariaDB remains a solid choice, particularly for organizations already using AWS infrastructure. RDS simplifies database administration, provides scalability and offers ...

The command-line client is nice too. Also, I use MariaDB instead of MySQL in my examples, because that's what I have installed, and because I like the improvements MariaDB includes in both the command ...

You must open the /etc/mysql/my.cnf file and add the following lines at the bottom. [mariadb] â log-bin = mysql-bin Note: I assume your MySQL user is “root.” If you use a different user ...

MySQL as database system and Perl/PHP/Python as script languages has meanwhile established itself under the acronym "LAMP" as a cost-effective overall solution for the creation of dynamic websites. In ...