I completely don't see the "commit early, commit often" idiom working. It may be a viable method of deployment, but I honestly fail to see how it would improve commits.
For me, the "atomic commits" strategy is still the way to go. Whether it's early, or often, doesn't matter to me. In that regard, nothing has changed since I've switched to DVCS. I might even go so far as to say, if you've changed commit strategies since switching to DVCS, you weren't using your centralised VCS correctly.
The "branch early, branch often" strategy is an entirely different matter though.
For me, the "atomic commits" strategy is still the way to go. Whether it's early, or often, doesn't matter to me. In that regard, nothing has changed since I've switched to DVCS. I might even go so far as to say, if you've changed commit strategies since switching to DVCS, you weren't using your centralised VCS correctly.
The "branch early, branch often" strategy is an entirely different matter though.