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title: "MariaDB 5.5.38 Overview and Highlights"
publish_date: 2014-06-12
author: "MariaDB"
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# MariaDB 5.5.38 Overview and Highlights

MariaDB 5.5.38 was recently released (it is the latest MariaDB 5.5), and is available for download here: <https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/5.5.38/> This is a maintenance release, and so there are not too many big changes of note, just a number of normal bug fixes. However, there are a few items worth mentioning:

- Includes all bugfixes and updates from [5.5.38](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-38.html)
- [XtraDB](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/xtradb/) updated to the version from [Percona Server 5.5.37-35.0](http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-server/5.5/release-notes/Percona-Server-5.5.37-35.0.html)
- [TokuDB](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/tokudb/) updated to version [7.1.6](http://www.tokutek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mariadb-5.5.37-tokudb-7.1.6-users-guide.pdf)
- MariaDB on Power: With this release of MariaDB we’re introducing binary tarball builds created on a Power7 box running Red Hat 6. They’re listed on the downloads page in the “OS/CPU” column as “Linux ppc64”. We welcome your feedback on these new packages!

If interested, there is more about the 5.5.38 release here: <https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-5538-release-notes/> And the full list of fixed bugs and changes in MariaDB 5.5.38 can be found here: <https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-5538-changelog/> Hope this helps.