# HG changeset patch
# User Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
# Date 1321139665 21600
# Node ID b9801a668bff7e8fd3d9cf56ff3058e260f95d9f
# Parent  c9a18db5197695afdb371a2e61f91587b376e5e1
Created an overview for Mercurial slide. Other minor tweaks.

diff -r c9a18db51976 -r b9801a668bff slides.rst
--- a/slides.rst	Sat Nov 12 14:49:09 2011 -0600
+++ b/slides.rst	Sat Nov 12 17:14:25 2011 -0600
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Started at Rockwell Collins in July 1999
 
-Perhaps you've recognized me from the following programs:
+You might remember me from the following programs:
 
 - UMS (July 1999 - Spring 2000)
 - Surgical Strike - (Spring - Fall 2000)
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@
 Introduction to Mercurial
 =========================
 
+- Overview
 - Repositories & working copies
 - Changesets
 - Branches & Tags
@@ -288,6 +289,23 @@
 
 ----
 
+Mercurial Overview
+==================
+
+- Distributed Version Control System
+- Free, open source software licensed under GPL Version 2
+- Available for Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris 11 Express
+- Written in Python with a small amount of C
+- Extensible with official and 3rd party extensions
+- TortoiseHg is a popular GUI for Windows
+- Reputation for being fast & easy to get started with
+- Can be served via Apache Web server
+- Repository hooks
+- Integrates with Trac
+- Can import history from other tools, including Subversion
+
+----
+
 Repositories & Working Copies
 =============================
 
@@ -405,9 +423,8 @@
 
 Additional "distributed commands":
 
-- clone, push, pull
-- incoming, outgoing
-- serve
+- **clone**, **push**, **pull**
+- **incoming**, **outgoing**
 
 **Not a whole lot to learn above SVN**
 
@@ -422,6 +439,10 @@
 - Hg Init: A Mercurial Tutorial http://hginit.com
 - Version Control By Example (free!) http://www.ericsink.com/vcbe/
 
+This presentation is available at::
+
+   $ hg clone https://bitbucket.org/bgneal/dvcs_intro_brownbag
+
 ----
 
 Questions?