I now have a database on it that I'd really rather not retype as well as a freshly installed Debian box. What steps are necessary to move the Windows MySQL database to the Debian (PortegeSQL?) server?

The MySQL Workbench GUI is cross-platform, open source, and incredibly easy to use.

Grafana is one of the most widely-used data visualization tools on the market. Learn how to connect Grafana to a remote MySQL database with this tutorial.

MySQL Workbench has separate windows that allow you to set up user IDs, assign privileges and even view event logs that track database activity.

As part of the installation package, MySQL will make use of the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset, released as Microsoft's first open-source contribution earlier this year.

MySQL developers have used Microsoft source code in version 4.1 of the open-source database, which is due for final release in late October.