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   My Actual Brain (my_actual_brain@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 17:10:44 JST My Actual Brain

   I see a lot of books/tutorials about mysql. Can I use those to understand mariadb? It seems that I can, it also seems that mariadb is preferred to mysql.

   If anyone has any good sources to learn more about databases, I would love to hear them. I am just getting started with them.

   I'll mainly be using it to hold text and numbers.

   #homelab #linux #SysAdmin #selfhosting

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     Luke T. Shumaker (lukeshu@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 17:10:44 JST Luke T. Shumaker

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     @my_actual_brain MySQL was owned by Sun but developed mostly by "volunteers" (people who contribute to MySQL without receiving any compensation from Sun).

     Oracle bought Sun in 2010 and pissed off all the volunteers (including the original creator of MySQL). The volunteers kept working on it, but stopped sharing their work with Oracle and called it MariaDB.

     When you see "MySQL", mentally substitute "versions of MariaDB from 15+ years ago". It's a mature tech, so mostly still relevant… but dated

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     Luke T. Shumaker (lukeshu@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 17:19:11 JST Luke T. Shumaker

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     @my_actual_brain > (including the original creator of MySQL) ... and called it MariaDB

     Monty Widenius' oldest daughter is named My, and his youngest daughter is named Maria (in both cases the daughter came before the database!)

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     Luke T. Shumaker (lukeshu@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 17:23:16 JST Luke T. Shumaker

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     @my_actual_brain Same story of Oracle pissing off Sun's volunteers and the volunteers continuing with a new name for OpenOffice→LibreOffice (except that the original creator hasn't been involved since ~1999).