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Otto, otto@programming.dev
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Comments by Otto, otto@programming.dev
I welcome more paid schemes, such as Ubuntu Pro, as I believe it is beneficial for the whole ecosystem.
In case you are Czech, there is a translation at https://www.root.cz/clanky/prestante-uz-pouzivat-mysql-neni-to-skutecny-open-source/?nahled=1
Glad to see more translations show up!
There was a bunch of luck involved that Andres Freund detected this. Give more time, it would have ended up in stable releases eventually if not detected.
Exactly. I don’t use Omarchy, but I think it is good someone did a polished distro for a specific use case, and some web dev Windows users will surely find it more appealing than a generic distro where they need to figure out a lot of stuff from scratch.
To me it is hard to find the best apps in their directory as they don't have a good ranking system. The other sites that rank by GitHub stars do a pretty good job of surfacing what are the truly most popular and successful apps.
TLS is good *only' if you are also validating those certs. And that is what MariaDB 11.8 is now doing.
Seems there are also https://www.opensourcealternative.to/, https://euroalternative.co/ and https://european-alternatives.eu/
Seems there are also https://www.opensourcealternative.to/, https://euroalternative.co/ and https://european-alternatives.eu/
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"Unicode as default character set" - finally, nice!
I can't setup a 'default user' (only root), but there is now a MR adding exact commands you can copy-paste in a README: https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests/115
By UV 3000 you probably don't mean the ultraviolet lamp that is the first page of Google is full of when searching with this term..? I doubt UV - whatever it is - is a common approach.
What do you mean a default user? You can just run 'mariadb' to access to console with the same user that had permissions to run 'apt install'.
For your actual application you need to plan what database name to use, what user, what permissions it needs, potentially remote connection and TLS etc. This indeed is some work and could perhaps be automated a bit, but it also needs sysadmin to make some decisions.
MariaDB supports Galera clustering out-of-the-box, and also traditional primary/replica setups. But you need to have something that spans multiple hosts to monitor and manage it, and that is outside of what a single-host OS package management system can do.
Open SourceYou mean ollama? There are so many options, any favorites?
I welcome more paid schemes, such as Ubuntu Pro, as I believe it is beneficial for the whole ecosystem.
Ubuntu Pro subscription - should you pay to use Linux? (optimizedbyotto.com)
Ubuntu Pro subscription - should you pay to use Linux? (optimizedbyotto.com)
In case you are Czech, there is a translation at https://www.root.cz/clanky/prestante-uz-pouzivat-mysql-neni-to-skutecny-open-source/?nahled=1
Glad to see more translations show up!
Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source (optimizedbyotto.com)
MySQL users be warned: git commits in mysql-server significantly declined 2025 (optimizedbyotto.com)
DEP-18: A proposal for GitLab-based collaboration in Debian (optimizedbyotto.com)
Git is the industry standard for software development, but I thasn’t been fully adopted in Debian packaging yet. Debian development is still based on uploading tarballs via FTP.
DEP-18: A proposal for Git-based collaboration in Debian (optimizedbyotto.com)
Git is the industry standard for software development, but I thasn’t been fully adopted in Debian packaging yet. I believe that git-based workflows could enhance collaboration, transparency, and productivity for one of the world’s most vital open source projects.
There was a bunch of luck involved that Andres Freund detected this. Give more time, it would have ended up in stable releases eventually if not detected.
Could the XZ backdoor have been detected with better Git and Debian packaging practices? (optimizedbyotto.com)
How did the changes in the binary test files tests/files/bad-3-corrupt_lzma2.xz and tests/files/good-large_compressed.lzma, and the makefile change in m4/build-to-host.m4) manifest to the Debian maintainer? Was there a chance of noticing something odd?
Could the XZ backdoor have been detected with better Git and Debian packaging practices? (optimizedbyotto.com)
How did the changes in the binary test files tests/files/bad-3-corrupt_lzma2.xz and tests/files/good-large_compressed.lzma, and the makefile change in m4/build-to-host.m4) manifest to the Debian maintainer? Was there a chance of noticing something odd?
Could the XZ backdoor have been detected with better Git and Debian packaging practices? (optimizedbyotto.com)
How did the changes in the binary test files tests/files/bad-3-corrupt_lzma2.xz and tests/files/good-large_compressed.lzma, and the makefile change in m4/build-to-host.m4) manifest to the Debian maintainer? Was there a chance of noticing something odd?
Exactly. I don’t use Omarchy, but I think it is good someone did a polished distro for a specific use case, and some web dev Windows users will surely find it more appealing than a generic distro where they need to figure out a lot of stuff from scratch.
Fireship’s vid about Omarchy spreading the Linux desktop to 500k+ viewers
Fireship’s latest vid spreading the Linux desktop to 500k+ viewers
Zero-configuration TLS and password management best practices in MariaDB 11.8 (optimizedbyotto.com)
If you are self-hosting MariaDB, upgrading to latest LTS version will make TLS much esier.
To me it is hard to find the best apps in their directory as they don't have a good ranking system. The other sites that rank by GitHub stars do a pretty good job of surfacing what are the truly most popular and successful apps.
TLS is good *only' if you are also validating those certs. And that is what MariaDB 11.8 is now doing.
Which open alternative apps list is the best?
I have been browsing the following: - https://openalternative.co/?sort=pageviews.desc - https://alternativeto.net/feature/open-source/ - https://www.opensourcealternative.to/ - https://euroalternative.co/ - https://european-alternatives.eu/
MariaDB 11.8's zero-configuration TLS requires no manual setup (optimizedbyotto.com)
This is nice for those tired of wrestling with TLS certs and CAs for your database