# ThinLinc as a substitute for spice in KVM/QEMU

**URL:** <https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-as-a-substitute-for-spice-in-kvm-qemu/569>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [8 March 2023 18:45 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-as-a-substitute-for-spice-in-kvm-qemu/569 "2023-03-08T18:45:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Doc\_Vinny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Doc\_Vinny](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/Doc_Vinny)\
**Post date:** [8 March 2023 18:45 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-as-a-substitute-for-spice-in-kvm-qemu/569/1 "2023-03-08T18:45:31Z")

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Redhat has removed support for spice in the latest release, leaving vnc as the only choice for remote desktop of virtual machines. Has anybody had success installing ThinLinc in this environment?

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**Author:** ![martin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.thinlinc.com/martin/32/41_2.png) [@martin](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/martin)\
**Post date:** [9 March 2023 11:39 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-as-a-substitute-for-spice-in-kvm-qemu/569/2 "2023-03-09T11:39:45Z")

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ThinLinc is commonly used in virtualized environments, so that shouldn’t generally be a problem.  
If you’re talking about containers, there has been some community effort into having ThinLinc running a Docker image, but it is not something that is officially supported.

> **[GitHub - oposs/tl-docker: ThinLinc Server in a Docker](https://github.com/oposs/tl-docker)**
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> ThinLinc Server in a Docker. Contribute to oposs/tl-docker development by creating an account on GitHub.

Regards,  
Martin

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**Author:** ![Doc\_Vinny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Doc\_Vinny](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/Doc_Vinny)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2023 03:37 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-as-a-substitute-for-spice-in-kvm-qemu/569/3 "2023-03-10T03:37:20Z")

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Thanks, Martin!

Would ThinLinc server be running on the host operating system? or individual copies running on each guest operating system? The host is Rocky Linux, the guests are all Windows 10. VNC running on the host seems to work pretty well, but no audio, clipboard, file transfer, etc.

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**Author:** ![martin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.thinlinc.com/martin/32/41_2.png) [@martin](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/martin)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2023 09:31 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-as-a-substitute-for-spice-in-kvm-qemu/569/4 "2023-03-10T09:31:37Z")

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The ThinLinc server is Linux-only, so yes, it would be required to install this on Rocky Linux.  
Please keep in mind that ThinLinc comes with its own Xorg server, and provides virtual desktops, so accessing any local installed X Server / Desktop environment on this host is not possible.

Regards,  
Martin

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**Author:** ![jeanz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.thinlinc.com/jeanz/32/25_2.png) [@jeanz](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/jeanz)\
**Post date:** [14 September 2023 13:33 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-as-a-substitute-for-spice-in-kvm-qemu/569/5 "2023-09-14T13:33:25Z")

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I found this recent discussion on the Eleven Forum that is related to this topic. I hope it brings useful knowledge.

[https://www.elevenforum.com/t/linux-vms-and-hosts-alternative-to-spice-for-windows-guests-thinlinc.17846/](https://www.elevenforum.com/t/linux-vms-and-hosts-alternative-to-spice-for-windows-guests-thinlinc.17846/)