I personally like Arch Linux for a couple reasons
1) Its lightweight
2) Uses only 64MB of ram(without the gui installed compared to Win8 which uses 2048MB of RAM which is not good when you only have 2GB of ram)
3) Its Linux
However, if your new to Linux it might not be the best for you. Ubuntu or Debian are probably your best bet if your new to linux as there are a lot of documentation on those os.