Acquia – Drupal pumped

We have recently started using the Acquia version of Drupal at work for the past couple of months.

Acquia is the commercially supported version of Drupal backed by the main man himself Dries Buytaert.  With a variety of packages available, the support and auto-updates can be very helpful.  We have found that even though Drupal is opensource, it can be difficult to recieve the help and support you need to keep projects on track.  The packaged support with Acquia can help us get help a little quicker it used to be keeping the boss happier the project is keeping on track.

In my eyes, the main benefit of the system is the pre-installed modules packed into the original downloader.  No longer do you need to drag in all those must have modules such as Views, CCKs, Imagecache, etc… that you use in basically every project.

And don’t fret if you don’t want to pay for the support but want the pre-installed modules.  Simply download the free base pack, install and then disable the Acquia modules.  You will then have a loaded copy of Drupal to begin your project!

Sweet