Reviews - ROCCAT Isku illuminated gaming keyboard

[HEXUS]

Talk to the mouse because the keyboard's listening.

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[shaithis]

In the market for a new keyboard but this is another one that fails me immediately due to the extra keys down the left edge.

I find that while gaming I subconsciously find keys like CTRL and TAB by feeling the "first" column of keys.....that extra row absolutely slaughters me

[bobharvey]

Can we assume the supplied software is only for Windows? Is there a unix hack to handle the lights and the macros?

[Matt94]

The single thing which puts me right off this board is the lack of mechanical switches. I've used a mechanical keyboard for a few months now and nothing would persuade me to go back. At this price point, I would recommend the Razer Blackwidow Stealth unless backlighting is a must-have feature for you.

[aidanjt]

Is there a unix hack to handle the lights and the macros?

The lights are probably hardware controlled. And Xorg already has xbindkeys for mapping key codes to actions/macros/scripts/prorammes.