This was a deliberate design decision. I'm not keen on the bug potential of having to migrate settings from the live session, considering that people will often mess about there expecting that they'll get a fresh install later and don't have to worry too much.
Acknowledged that the message is confusing. ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Did not copy across contents of ~/Desktop/ during install https://launchpad.net/bugs/89098 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs