Corsair's iCue software is only available on windows, and doesnt work with wine. I reverse engineered the protocol to communicate with the Lighting Node CORE and wrote a script to control it on linux.
I generally find LEDs distracting, but do find their use in signalling information such as various device temperatures. I reversed the protocol of the Corsair LL fan LEDs+Lighting Node Pro controller ...
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