es igned ▁desktop ▁and ▁pan els ▁collect ively ▁called ▁Pl asma , ▁which ▁rep laces ▁K icker , ▁K Desktop , ▁and ▁Super Kar amba ▁by ▁integr ating ▁their ▁functionality ▁into ▁one ▁piece ▁of ▁technology ; ▁Pl asma ▁is ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁configur able ▁for ▁those ▁wanting ▁to ▁update ▁the ▁dec ades - old ▁desktop ▁met ap hor . ▁There ▁are ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁new ▁frameworks , ▁including ▁Ph on on ▁( a ▁new ▁multimedia ▁interface ▁making ▁K DE ▁independent ▁of ▁any ▁one ▁specific ▁media ▁backend ) ▁Sol id ▁( an ▁API ▁for ▁network ▁and ▁port able ▁devices ), ▁and ▁De ci bel ▁( a ▁new ▁communication ▁framework ▁to ▁integrate ▁all ▁communication ▁protocol s ▁into ▁the ▁desktop ). ▁Also ▁featured ▁is ▁a ▁metadata ▁and ▁search ▁framework , ▁incorpor ating ▁Str igi ▁as ▁a ▁full - text ▁file ▁indexing ▁service , ▁and ▁NE P OM UK ▁with ▁K DE ▁integration . ▁ ▁Starting ▁with ▁Qt ▁ 4 . 5 , ▁Qt ▁was ▁also ▁made ▁available ▁under ▁the ▁L G PL ▁version ▁ 2 . 1 , ▁a ▁major ▁step ▁for ▁K DE ▁ad option ▁in ▁corpor ate ▁and ▁propriet ary ▁environments , ▁as ▁the ▁L G PL ▁perm its ▁propriet ary ▁applications ▁to ▁link ▁to ▁libraries ▁lic ensed ▁under ▁the ▁L G PL . ▁ ▁Post - four th ▁series ▁▁ ▁As ▁of ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁K DE ▁no ▁longer ▁provides ▁synchron ized ▁releases ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁software ▁compilation ; ▁instead ▁the ▁software ▁is ▁split ▁into ▁three ▁parts :