Move PMS to a new Ubuntu Server

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There is a backup/restore procedure. You can also do it by moving files around.

@ChuckPa recently helped me with a similar migration, this thread has a lot of great info.

Updating Ubuntu hardware from i3-7100 to i5-10400 -- move drive, or reinstall OS & Plex?

My i3-7100 box is dying and I will be replacing it with a new board and i5-10400 CPU. I don’t know much about Linux kernel level stuff though, and so I don’t know if I need to reinstall the OS. Or, can I just move the OS drive to the new system and Ubuntu will figure out the hardware changes? For Plex, I will be using Quick Sync transcoding and I think that different Intel libraries are needed per this post from @chuckpa. Assuming that I can move the drive without reinstalling the OS, is insta…