Since MariaDB is a fork from MySQL, the syntax is similar, but MariaDB has several additional features. Basic SQL syntax remains the same, but MariaDB handles data storage and functions differently.

Over the past few years, the open source relational database management systems MySQL and MariaDB have undergone tremendous changes: new and improved features, fixes for long-standing problems ...

If you still think MySQL is too entrenched to be moved from its spot as the number one, open-source DBMS, you might to look at what Wikipedia is doing.

Fedora Linux's developers are considering replacing MySQL with MariaDB. That, in turn, might lead to Red Hat abandoning MySQL for MariaDB.

The announcement coincides with the general release of MariaDB 10 database, the drop-in replacement for the open-source MySQL that Enterprise 2 and Enterprise Cluster 2 are based on.

Progress Software PRGS 0.93% confirmed it made an offer to acquire MariaDB, joining K1 Investment Management in those looking to scoop up the database server company.

This white paper compares MariaDB, Oracle and EnterpriseDB and their databases: MariaDB TX, MySQL Enterprise Edition and EnterpriseDB Postgres Platform. It begins with a comparison of business models ...

It is many times faster than previous generations of MariaDB and especially legacy database MySQL thanks to new features including parallel replication and a further advanced group commit.

Installation I won't go into how to install MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite3 here. Most distributions have packages for them, and in the case of MariaDB, there are packages for Debian, Ubuntu, ...