Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Will Keep MySQL 5.5 Despite MariaDB's Success

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Will Keep MySQL 5.5 Despite MariaDB's Success

It's likely that Canonical developers haven't deemed it stable enought

To Spite Oracle, Google Boasts About Its Contributions to MariaDB, the MySQL Fork

To Spite Oracle, Google Boasts About Its Contributions to MariaDB, the MySQL Fork

Google is becoming a big supporter of the MySQL fork

MariaDB 10.0.5 Beta Lands with a Long List of New Features and Improvements

MariaDB 10.0.5 Beta Lands with a Long List of New Features and Improvements

The database software is evolving fast and adding new functionality

  • Web Blog
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • September 14th, 2013
Google Ditches Oracle's MySQL for the Open Source MariaDB

Google Ditches Oracle's MySQL for the Open Source MariaDB

The company has been migrating its thousands of servers

Wikipedia Chooses the Truly Open Source MariaDB 5.5 over Facebook's MySQL 5.5

Wikipedia Chooses the Truly Open Source MariaDB 5.5 over Facebook's MySQL 5.5

MariaDB offers performance improvements but it is a community driven project as well

Percona Server 5.5.30-30.2 Receives a Performance Bump

Percona Server 5.5.30-30.2 Receives a Performance Bump

A few other features have been implemented from the Percona Server 5.5

Arch Linux Ditches MySQL for MariaDB

Arch Linux Ditches MySQL for MariaDB

The Arch Linux distribution has joined an ever-increasing club

Percona Server 5.6.10-60.2 Improves MySQL Server Performance

Percona Server 5.6.10-60.2 Improves MySQL Server Performance

A few other features have been implemented from the Percona Server 5.5

Chakra Linux 2013.01 Ditches MySql for Mariadb, Features KDE 4.10

Chakra Linux 2013.01 Ditches MySql for Mariadb, Features KDE 4.10

The new version of the distribution also relies on Linux Kernel 3.7.6

Security Holes Fixed in MariaDB 5.5.29, 5.3.12, 5.2.14 and 5.1.67

Security Holes Fixed in MariaDB 5.5.29, 5.3.12, 5.2.14 and 5.1.67

Download the latest versions of the software from Softpedia

Flaw in MySQL Allows Attackers to Connect to Server with Incorrect Passwords

Flaw in MySQL Allows Attackers to Connect to Server with Incorrect Passwords

Here is the list of affected versions, along with patches

Complete MySQL port with MariaDB

Complete MySQL port with MariaDB

MySQL's founder version of a free community database