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Ah, they do indeed have a warning at the top about that. Thanks for the heads up!
Kinda unfortunate, I guess I'm stuck here then, because there's no way I'm starting from scratch with all my modded games, emulators, etc.
I believe all you have to do is backup and restore your home folder though.
I've definitely seen people do it successfully. Mending Wall exists, too, though I'm not sure if it applies here.