# Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - upgrade or migrate?

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**Created:** [19 أكتوبر 2016، 7:41م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-lts-upgrade-or-migrate/51751 "2016-10-19T19:41:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [12 فبراير 2019، 7:28م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-lts-upgrade-or-migrate/51751/9 "2019-02-12T19:28:31Z")

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Yep, my standard practice now for any OS dot release is an in-place upgrade, for anything more I just move backups to a new server, copy the yml files over and reinstall. It’s very quick, and almost completely painless.

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