How to transfer settings from one fresh install to a ubuntu newbies install

[Colin Law]

On 28 November 2010 13:42, user1 <bqz69 at telia.com> wrote:
> How to transfer settings from one install to a ubuntu newbies install.
>
> I have read, that a lot of newbies who want to start using ubuntu does
> not because the initial setup after a fresh install is too difficult.
>
> Some people suggest that linux Mint is better because it does not need so
> much setup.
>
> Then my suggestion is to make setup more easy, but I am not quite sure
> about how to do it.
>
> I read following link:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1585001
>
> Each time I have made a fresh install I have used a lot of time and linux
> knowledge to setup my ubuntu, but a newbie will not be able to do it, and
> so ubuntu loses a lot of newbies who stays at windoze because it is too
> difficult.

Could you give some examples of what you think should be setup that is
not there already, that a newby would need?

Colin