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And what about the data? What is the best way to manage them?
Restore the data from backup. You've got a backup of your important data, right? Right?
Yes, I have an extra copy of the data in an external hard drive.
In that case simply wipe/re-install and restore your backup. Ideally test that procedure in a VM or something before you wipe.
And while doing that it's best practice to create a partition only for /home. Easy to distrohop.