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KDE Plasma 6.5.5 Is Out, Improves Support for Older Valve Index VR Headsets
Coming a little over a month after KDE Plasma 6.5.4, the KDE Plasma 6.5.5 release improves the matching algorithm of KRunner search to prioritize partial matches at the beginning of apps’ names, descriptions, and keywords, when searching for apps.
KDE Plasma 6.5.5 also improves the Plasma Discover graphical package manager to prompt users to search the Internet for an app that it cannot find. Moreover, the search string now includes the correct operating system name if you’re not using a Linux-based OS.
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KDE Plasma 6.5.5, Bugfix Release for January - KDE Community
Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6, versioned 6.5.5.
Plasma 6.5 was released in October 2025 with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.
This release adds a month’s worth of new translations and fixes from KDE’s contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include...
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KDE Ships Plasma 6.5.5 as January Bugfix Update for Plasma 6
The KDE team has announced Plasma 6.5.5, the fifth bugfix update to the major 6.5 series, which follows over a month after the previous 6.5.4 release. While no new features are introduced, Plasma 6.5.5 focuses on refinement and reliability.
A significant portion of this release targets Wayland and KWin. Multiple fixes address input handling, cursor behavior under scaling, drag-and-drop edge cases, window rules activation, and multi-monitor scenarios, including more reliable screen targeting for window movement shortcuts.
Xwayland also receives corrections related to key repeat handling, while legacy X11 code paths see build and cleanup fixes to ensure compatibility with newer Qt versions.