[speeder]

I have a Corsair RGB keyboard.

Not because I wanted RGB... I wanted a good keyboard, this was what was available.

I found the RGB useful to see what I am typing at night, problem is... I can't get the thing to behave as I want, and it requires the 'iCUE' program to be running at all times and that programs eats RAM like there is no tomorrow.

If this software lets me ditch iCUE and still have lights... I will certainly use it!

My plan is set my keys to have some darker glow (if possible... never tried) so I can see them on a pitch black room, and use the RGB part for information (like if I am running out of RAM or not...)

[simias]

My keyboard uses the open source QMK firmware, which means that it's entirely open source and you can hack it to you heart's contents. At this point I'd never consider getting an expensive keyboard with a closed source firmware for the reasons you point out.

I don't care for backlighting much myself, but I often switch between dvorak and йцукен layouts and I use the backlight color to let me know what more I'm currently in. This saves a lot of time when I don't understand why I can't get past a password prompt...