* Mariadb is a community fork of Mysql. It does everything mysql does, and even uses mysql filenames.
* While I could have written it to Obsolete mysql, I did not do that so you will need to remove mysql to install it.
* As far as I have seen so far, it is completely compatible with existing mysql dbs. I even upgraded over mysql 5.1 (when I did have obsoletes enabled) and it went through just fine.
* Allegedly it can do masterless replication. Havent tried that yet, but I want to
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
* Existing applications should not have to change to talk to mariadb