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 Drupal requires:
 
- - a web server, Apache (version 2.0 or greater) is recommended,
- - PHP 5 (5.2.0 or greater) (http://www.php.net/),
- - and either MySQL (5.0.15 or greater) (http://www.mysql.com/), PostgreSQL (8.3
-   or greater) (http://www.postgresql.org/), or SQLite (3.4.2 or greater)
-   (http://www.sqlite.org/).
+- A web server, Apache (version 2.0 or greater) is recommended.
+- PHP 5.2.0 (or greater) (http://www.php.net/).
+- One of the following databases:
+  - MySQL 5.0.15 (or greater) (http://www.mysql.com/).
+  - MariaDB 5.1.44 (or greater) (http://mariadb.org/). MariaDB is fully
+    compatible with MySQL and is recommended instead of MySQL.
+  - PostgreSQL 8.3 (or greater) (http://www.postgresql.org/).
+  - SQLite 3.4.2 (or greater) (http://www.sqlite.org/).
 
 For more detailed information about Drupal requirements, including a list of
 PHP extensions and configurations that are required, see "System requirements"