ɔːlðˈoʊ ɪt wʌzɐ dɪvˈɛləpɚz ɹᵻlˈiːs, sˈɛvɹəl dˌɪstɹɪbjˈuːʃənz mˌeɪd ðə kˌeɪdˌiːˈiː fˈoːɹ.zˈiəɹoʊ dˈɛsktɑːp ɛnvˈaɪɹənmənt ɐvˈeɪləbəl tə ðɛɹ jˈuːzɚz wɪðˌaʊt spˈɛsᵻfˌaɪɪŋ ðˌɐɾɪt wʌz ɐn ɛkspˌɛɹɪmˈɛntəl ˈɑːpʃən.
Although it was a developer's release, several distributions made the KDE 4.0 desktop environment available to their users without specifying that it was an experimental option.