When you install 'mysql'/'mysqld' in Debian or RHEL7+-based distros, you get MariaDB... So staying with MySQL and not "switching" to MariaDB is a lot more effor

When you install 'mysql'/'mysqld' in Debian or RHEL7+-based distros, you get MariaDB... So staying with MySQL and not "switching" to MariaDB is a lot more effort. (MariaDB is a fork of MySQL and the binaries and everything even have mysql in the name so everything just works. I'd assume there might be some divergence in newer features, but I haven't noticed anything in that regard.)