Backdrop CMS

[JedMeister]

As suggested by Mark on the forums:

Backdrop CMS https://backdropcms.org/ is a Drupal7/8 fork.

It retained some features newly included in Drupal version 8, but excluded Symfony and most of the many new dependencies that were added to Drupal 8. Backdrop's founders and early contributors had concerns over the significant (and at the time controversial) changes coming to Drupal, and expressed concern that maintainers of existing Drupal websites would be unable (or unwilling) to manage these changes, and the cost that comes with them. Hence the ongoing support for Backdrop.

A TKL LAMP+Backdrop Appliance would be most welcome.