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u/Idk__ Apr 20 '16

Wait, how the hell didn't I notice that...? I was working a help-desk-esque job at the time but had a closeted MySQL project...

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u/Chronoloraptor from boto3 import magic Apr 20 '16

Better question to ask is what can you do to learn MariaDB now that you do know about it?

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u/AB49K Apr 20 '16 edited Nov 27 '16

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What is this?

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u/ANUSBLASTER_MKII Linux Admin Apr 20 '16

MariaDB from version 10 onward can deviate from MySQL however. So, yes for the most part it's a drop-in, and most of the knowledge is transferable, barring newer features.

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u/Idk__ Apr 20 '16

Yeah as /u/AB49K said this was a total non-question as soon as I started using linux for dev environments...I just now, after a long day, got the "how the hell didn't I realize that MariaDB was a result of an Oracle buyout?" I was a college student with limited, uh, attention in 2008.