Q:

Ultra fast netbook linux distribution (2gb ram)

i would like to use my older Samsung netbook for some coding  (php, apache, mysql).
But Ubuntu distribution is quite slow. 
Can somebody recommend to me some ultra fast and efficient linux distribution for netbooks?
Thanks and regards.

A:

Take a look into this link here
Although I would recommend you either of the following 2 distros for small memory consumption systems

CentOS minimal ( Just install the xWindow package and you will have a full fledge Centos system with a memory footprint of approximately 300MB)
DSL ( Damn Small Linux) is a well renowned linux distro with a 50 MB memory footprint.

I would personally recommend using CentOS since you can easily find packages of almost anything for CentOS without any issue

