All of these (personal) OS settings are stored in your home folder(~, or /home/username), most (if not all) of them in the form of hidden folders, folders that start with a period, like in ~/.config. You can see such folders if you open your home folder and hit CTRL+H or View > Show Hidden Files.

So if you add your home folder to the Ubuntu One sync, most of personal settings will be transfered to the new machine.

BUT... your installed apps will NOT transfer this way. And most of these settings will only be effective after you install the corresponding app. Also, for such a "hard" copy of settings and config files, its advisable to use exactly the same Ubuntu version in both computers, as well as install the same apps and versions.

That said, my recommended steps are:

• Install in your desktop the same Ubuntu version thats in your netbook


• Install in your desktop as many apps and packages as there are currently in your netbook, except those packages and apps that are only relevant in a netbook, like Powertop for example.


• Power off your desktop


• In your netbook, add your home folder to Ubuntu One


• Turn on, login and sync your desktop. Settings will be copied


• Reboot the desktop, so all setting changes will be effective

Please notice this is not a 100% fail proof procedure. Some settings will not work, while some may even let your desktop a little "weird", since some settings in a netbook simply dont apply in a desktop enviroment (battery management and screen size to name a few). So a few tweaks and re-tunning of settings will still be necessary. But its faster than doing from scratch.

Hope this helps!