@aluma . . . you should be able to edit you own post for a limited number of days.

Huh? I have been using Devuan with xfce since 2015 and NEVER had to use pulse audio. apulse has always been there so alsa worked ootb.

Note that Daedalus is not "Dead----". This is important for those doing a search of this forum. I corrected your first post earlier but perhaps you could correct the spelling in the post immediately above? Thanks!

Excalibur is unlikely to be "settled" until Debian Trixie goes stable . . . if even then. Proceed with caution as there will likely be more bumps in the road..

Please use code tags (see line above this input box) to hilight terminal output. Thanks.

Dragom or Dragon?

@Altoid . . . Perhaps a less verbose and redundant writing style would solve the problem. After all Devuanistas do tend to be minimalists! 

Just incoherent ramblings which we are watching carefully . . .

I doubt you will get an argument from anyone in the Devuan camp . . .

golinux high-fives ralph.ronnquist!!

Welcome to the forum!

Testing (Excalibur)  and unstable are very unreliable at this time partly due to the usrmerge. Have a look at the announcement:
UsrMerge Status: Testing/Excalibur and more

Other issues are also discussed on this very forum.

@Altoid . . . beowulf has been archived so you'll need to change your sources.list though I understand there are still some unfinished bits.