Tech : With many server stacks and LamP set-ups still being run on Ubuntu Server 16.04, you'll be aware that Support has moved from LTS to ESM.

Should you migrate ? Most would say yes, BUT : Assess the risks and make a smart business decision.

ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-16…
There are Migration-Hawks in the Industry who would evangelise over 'Upgrade Being The Path To Heaven'

Ain't neccessarily so.

Evaluate how migration impacts your existing workloads & APIs as your configs might depend on versions of the apps/libs that shipped with 16.04.
In short : In the personal desktop world, the 'latest' is always nice to have.

In business, 'If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It' should be plastered on every IT Support Office Wall.

My advice : Leave it alone. Migrate in 2 years time. Your clients will love you for it.
Addendum : I have one client who's Systems Director demands the latest upgrade within 48 hours of release because 'latest is best'.

At the same time he sits in a £2000 bespoke 1980s office chair by Hertall because it's the 'best he's ever owned'.
His free choice on both of course, but I do try to explain that sometimes* migration provides negligible benefit at considerable cost.

(*nearly always.)

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