I watched Linus's google talk, and he says that mercurial is the only other scm that he finds respectable. For obvious reasons, he still prefers git. I'd say a

I watched Linus's google talk, and he says that mercurial is the only other scm that he finds respectable. For obvious reasons, he still prefers git. I'd say any system that allows easy branching and merging will make experimenting with your code much more fun.