I use Rosegarden since Linux is my main operating system at home.
I like using it for scoring music and printing it out.
It's WYSIWYG and a bit better than note edit.
I also starting playing with the digital audio recording capabilities in Rosegarden to replace Audacity.
If you feel uncomfortable making your own low latency kernel, try installing Ubuntu Studio from www.ubuntustudio.org.
I've been testing Ubuntu Studio on an older machine and it's pretty impressive.
My regular OS is openSuSE 10.2 and I've recompiled the kernel for low-latency not only for Rosegarden and Jack Audio but so I can play Enemy Territory:Quake Wars which prefers a low-latency kernel.
I like using it for scoring music and printing it out.
It's WYSIWYG and a bit better than note edit.
I also starting playing with the digital audio recording capabilities in Rosegarden to replace Audacity.
If you feel uncomfortable making your own low latency kernel, try installing Ubuntu Studio from www.ubuntustudio.org.
I've been testing Ubuntu Studio on an older machine and it's pretty impressive.
My regular OS is openSuSE 10.2 and I've recompiled the kernel for low-latency not only for Rosegarden and Jack Audio but so I can play Enemy Territory:Quake Wars which prefers a low-latency kernel.