Hey,
I'm currently thinking about changing my laptop into a linux only machine.
But I'm yet undecided which distribution I should choose.
The use of the laptop will be:
- surf the internet
- instant messaging (icq/msn)
- writing texts
- programming in java (eclipse)
- playing small games (solitair, sudoku etc.)

It should:
- boot up fast (WinXP Pro needs 1 min 5 secs (ca.) to fully boot)
- not overloaded with useless stuff
- good support for wireless cards (i got an atheros wireless-lan card)

the hardware of my notebook:
AMD Turion64 X2 1.6 Ghz, 2048 MB RAM, nVidia Geforce Go7300 graphic card.

I took a look at:
Xubuntu, DamnSmallLinux, PuppyLinux

Thanks for any hints!