Notes from the Lullabot Drupal Overview video (which is free until Wed. Jan 12).
minimal has no optional modules enabled nor any content types. Nor is the administrator role set up for you.
DBTNG
master-slave replication
any database that PHP can support, which includes Oracle and MSSQL (Microsoft)
built on top of PDO which comes with PHP 5.2+.
Drupal requires PHP 5.2.4 or later
PHP 4 is dead.
User 1 is still special
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