Windows 11 Pro latest version hosting PLEX Server latest version. Media hosted on large External NAS 100 TB+ of mapped drives. Want out of Windows. Have hardware Identical machine running Ubuntu 26.04. The challenge is to move a large PLEX installation from Windows complete with watch history, wa…

Have you read up on this support article? https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/

This works great from Windows to Windows or Ubuntu to Ubuntu. I am trying to move a Windows PLEX Install to a Ubuntu Install. Mountings are very different in Unix than Windows.

Try reading through this thread. Someone just did this about a week ago. https://forums.plex.tv/t/considering-moving-from-win11-to-linux-for-plex/938560/27

Do you use Sync Watch State and Ratings as that should work and is probably the easiest way to do it. Alternatively, take a look at this thread → Corrupt Database - Transferring User Information - #74 by anon5074910 (user anon5074910) is my previous account). Couple of caveats … this is a more a…

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