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I installed Ubuntu 18.04, then upgraded to 20.04, on an external USB SSD drive for use with my laptop.

I am getting a new computer (desktop) and want to start using the same SSD with that. Could I just switch computers without any groundwork?

Could the existing drivers on my installation crash my new computer? Is there anything else I should be aware of?

My laptop has an AMD A10 processor and built in AMD R graphics.

The desktop will be AMD Ryzen 5 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

Thanks in advance.

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Linux builds the device structure every time it boots so yes, that will work.

The only thing to do is to remove 3rd party drivers and generally those are the display and the wireless driver if you have different hardware. Please do make sure you have a wired connection to the internet to be able to download and install those drivers.

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