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> If you’ve run a “apt-get install mysql” in the past decade, high chances it setup MariaDB instead, getting aliased and substituted transparently.

Is that true on Ubuntu/Debian? I couldn't find a source for this.



True on Debian. I don't remember much articles or noise about it, it sort of just happened.

One article here, debian jessie 8 is from 2015. https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/moving-from-mysql-to-maria...




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