EK21

Depends on how you're reading the keys. At the application level they'll look like the same input, if your keymapper is hooked in low enough down it can map things differently based on source. Safest is to get a full-on QMK number pad like the KBDcraft Adam 20% or the Zouya GMK26 so you can program

you can check Zouya in Ali Express for 26 keys numpad if your into macro prices are similar with EK21 Epomaker Kisnt is cheaper budget type keyboards similar so software will be a cons side and build quality will not be premium

Epomaker EK21. Run away. I tried to configure mine to support three layers and it kept resetting and forgetting all its programming. It's some kind of awful proprietary firmware badly emulating QMK. The Zouya GMK26 is far better.

Your issue is due to the firmware. The firmware is the software that is running inside the keyboard. The firmware in the ek21 is rubbish. It cannot be made not rubbish, except by writing new firmware for it and I don't think that there is enough information about the hardware to do that without some

I might have overreacted a bit It seems to have a conflict with Dell display manager, I think, which was causing the lights to glitch out, and as far as VIA not working, I figured out that I had somehow gotten the wrong ek21.json file from the Epomaker website (somehow). I still am not in love with

VIA with a real QMK board, source or not, is so much better than any proprietary solution with or without VIA that, well, it does make a difference. But yes there are Epomaker boards that are running proprietary firmware with a port of VIA on top. Also seen such shenanigans from Zouya, Feker, and Ga

I haven't checked out the Galaxy 100 but a lot of Epomaker boards are not actually running QMK, they have some kind of port of VIA on top of crummy proprietary firmware. My ek21 was the worst. What country are you in cuz I'm seeing about $30 for 110 from Metrikeys.