# Talking Drupal #319 - Backdrop CMS Today we are talking about Backdrop with Jen Lampton. [TalkingDrupal.com/319](https://TalkingDrupal.com/319) ## Topics * Nic - Vacation * April - need new shelves for Lego Harry Potter * Jen - Heirloom tomatoes and too much rain * John - Personal website / blog * Backdrop CMS Elevator pitch * Difference between Drupal and Backdrop * Why choose Backdrop over Drupal * Matt Glaman on twitter * General challenges of growing a fork's identity * Challenges in being thrifty * Biggest milestones in the last two years * New core committers * 7 releases with new features * Layouts * File browser * Lazy loading images * Config overrides * Telemetry * Backdrop Live events * More listener questions (Matt Glaman) * Contributor community * Companies specializing in Backdrop * Wider adoption as D7 approaches EoL * Wider adoption as D9 approaches EoL * Ease of migration from D7 * Easier than migrating D7 to D9 * More listener questions (Matt Glaman) * Marketing challenges * Anything that you would do differently after 6 years * Philosophy * Biggest upcoming features * Telemetry ## Resources * [Twitter Questions](https://twitter.com/TalkingDrupal/status/1451658871899045888) * Backdrop CMS * [Twitter](https://twitter.com/backdropcms ) * [Main site](https://backdropcms.org/) * [Documentation](https://docs.backdropcms.org/ ) * [Forum](https://forum.backdropcms.org/) * [Live Chat](https://backdrop.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/218635-Backdrop) * [Contributed projects](https://github.com/backdrop-contrib) ## Guests Jen Lampton - [Jeneration Web Development](https://jenerationweb.com) [@jenlampton](https://twitter.com/jenlampton) ## Hosts Nic Laflin - [www.nLighteneddevelopment.com](https://www.nLighteneddevelopment.com) [@nicxvan](https://twitter.com/nicxvan) John Picozzi - [www.epam.com](https://www.epam.com) [@johnpicozzi](https://twitter.com/johnpicozzi) April Sides - [@weekbeforenext](https://twitter.com/weekbeforenext) ## MOTW [CKEditor CodeSnippet](https://www.drupal.org/project/codesnippet )