Re: Can't start the server after installation

"J.O. Aho" <[email protected]> Tue, 11 May 2021 10:34:15 +0200
Newsgroups comp.databases.mysql
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 11/05/2021 09.13, Fokke Nauta wrote:
> On 10/05/2021 21:03, Luuk wrote:
>> On 10-5-2021 16:24, Fokke Nauta wrote:

>> But MariaDB is not an OS,
>> Just as MySQL is not an OS.
>>
>> Ubuntu, or Debian, that are OS.

> He suggested to use a different OS: "Stability with the combination 
>>>> MySQL and MS-Windows have been bad, I
>>>> would recommend to use another OS to run it on, for local testing 
>>>> WSL seems to work quite ok."

I had two suggestions, one was using MariaDB and and another one to 
switch OS.

Myself at work I use WSL as we have a closed source OS on our 
development machines, this gives the simplicity of installing programs 
with a package manager (no need to go to shady websites and download 
binaries) and of course configuration a lot more like in production 
environment.


I do recommend you to learn Linux, as that will be more and more 
required knowledge. A good starting point can be microsofts WSL 
introduction:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/get-started-with-windows-subsystem-for-linux/

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  //Aho