On Tuesday 20 January 2026 at 18:42:02, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote:

> So, is mariadb what is actually running,

Yes.

> with a compatibility layer to allow mysql commands?

No, MariaDB is a forked project from MySQL, so the basic engine underneath is
the same, and runs the commands natively.

Both projects were originally started by the same person, Monty Widenius, who
named the first one after his daught My, and the second one after his other
daughter Maria.

> If so, then I would assume that I can treat the installation as either
> mysql, or mariadb. Is this correct? Is there any reason to treat it as
> one, or the other?

Well, it *is* MariaDB. It's just that MariaDB is so similar to MySQL that you
normally can't tell the difference.

For more details, https://mariadb.org/about/ has a couple of links to "MariaDB
vs. MySQL" - Features, and Compatibility.


Antony.

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