14 DAY TRIAL // The KDE Project developers have announced that the 14.12 Beta 3 version of KDE Applications has been released and is now ready for download and testing.
Now that this particular branch of the KDE project is getting closer to release, some distributions and developers have added the packages to some repositories. Before trying to test it, you should check if it's already available in the local repos.
"Today KDE released the beta of the new versions of KDE Applications. With dependency and feature freezes in place, the KDE team's focus is now on fixing bugs and further polishing. With various applications being based on KDE Frameworks 5, the KDE Applications 14.12 releases need a thorough testing in order to maintain and improve the quality and user experience," write the developers on the official website.
The project has been decoupled into KDE Frameworks 5, KDE Plasma, and KDE Applications. The entire system is now much more modular and the devs won't have to follow the same version number.
If you don't find the packages available in the repositories, you can always download the source from the official website and compile it yourself, although that’s not really recommended unless you know what you're doing.
