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 Full profile
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-The full profile contains all the features of the lite profile, plus additions that helps you to quickly get going (eg extra modules are enabled and configured).
+The full profile contains all the features of the lite profile, plus additions that helps you to quickly get going: various common modules are enabled and pre-configured to sensible defaults, while other common-but-not-always-used modules are bundled but not enabled.
 
 This profile is useful if you don't mind following established patterns when putting your Drupal site together.