▁ ▁K DE ▁Frame works ▁ 5 , ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁libraries ▁and ▁software ▁frameworks ▁( 5 . 0 ▁released ▁on ▁July ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁and ▁new ▁major ▁releases ▁are ▁made ▁month ly ) ▁ ▁K DE ▁Pl asma ▁ 5 , ▁a ▁desktop ▁environment ▁( 5 . 0 ▁released ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁and ▁new ▁major ▁releases ▁are ▁made ▁every ▁three ▁months ) ▁ ▁K DE ▁App lications , ▁a ▁bundle ▁of ▁applications ▁and ▁supporting ▁libraries ▁( 1 4 . 1 2 ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁version ▁incorpor ating ▁Frame works ▁ 5 ▁based ▁applications , ▁and ▁introduced ▁date - based ▁version ▁numbers ). ▁Major ▁changes ▁include ▁a ▁move ▁from ▁Qt ▁ 4 ▁to ▁Qt ▁ 5 , ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁next - gener ation ▁display ▁server ▁protocol ▁Way land , ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁next - gener ation ▁rendering ▁API ▁V ul kan ▁and ▁mod ular ization ▁of ▁the ▁K DE ▁core ▁libraries . ▁Initial ▁releases ▁of ▁Frame works ▁ 5 ▁and ▁Pl asma ▁ 5 ▁were ▁made ▁available ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁Development ▁ ▁Source ▁code ▁K DE ▁SC ▁releases ▁are ▁made ▁to ▁the ▁K DE ▁F TP ▁server ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁source ▁code ▁with ▁configure ▁scripts , ▁which ▁are ▁compiled ▁by ▁operating ▁system ▁vend ors ▁and ▁integrated ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁their ▁systems ▁before ▁distribution . ▁Most ▁vend ors ▁use ▁only ▁stable ▁and ▁tested ▁versions ▁of ▁K DE ▁SC , ▁providing