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title: "Slackware and Arch Linux switch to MariaDB as a default"
publish_date: 2013-03-25
author: "MariaDB"
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# Slackware and Arch Linux switch to MariaDB as a default

Two bits of good news for MariaDB users from the distribution standpoint this week:

- [Slackware Linux is dropping MySQL for MariaDB as a default](http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Slackware-Linux-switches-to-MariaDB-1829261.html)
- [Arch Linux replaces MySQL in repositories with MariaDB](https://www.archlinux.org/news/mariadb-replaces-mysql-in-repositories/)