MySql , MariaDB and Oracle

[viking60]

Oracle has lost all its cred. in the Open Source community after the "shutdown" of Solaris.
Several heavy duty people and companies have started the fork processes to save these vital products for the open source market.
OpenOffice is replaced by LibreOffice, Mysql is forked by the founders of MySql to MariaDB and it is supposed to be even faster than Mysql. For me the biggest trouble is MySql I have always loved it - but I do not trust Oracle.
Don't get me wrong I am sure Oracle will come up with a good product if the money are put on the table. But we cannot trust the company to maintain open source properly. Oracle has no tradition for cooperating with a community and exploiting the positive effects for business purposes.
So I decided to replace Mysql with MariaDB!
I'll let you know how it went......
I downloaded and compiled mariadb from AUR and started the

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mysql_upgrade --verbose

routine, That did not go to well so I had to provide my password in /etc/mysql/my.cnf after that it went nicely. That should be it I should now be runnung mariadb.
PHPmyadmin keeps indicating mysqlnd 5.0.7 though so It does not look like it. Going for phpinfo....
Same thing I guess MariaDB does not work as described. Waiting for it to get more mature.

[dedanna1029]

Interesting... will be watching this.