fix(packaging): stop the service before the package is removed

Removing the package left the user service running from the deleted
binary, with ~/ProtonDrive still mounted. A user who then deleted the
folder to clean up had every file in it moved to the Proton Drive trash,
as any delete through the mount is.

The .deb (prerm on remove), the .rpm (%preun on erase) and the Arch
packages (pre_remove) now stop proton-drive.service for every user with
a running user manager, through runuser with that user's
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, so no systemd-machined is needed. Upgrades are left
alone. Queued writes stay in the state directory for a later install.

The pacman install script lives once in packaging/ and the AUR
directories link it; push.sh copies its content into each AUR
repository. The uninstall guide now warns not to delete the mount point
while the service runs.

Reported on Reddit by a user who restored the files from the trash.
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Then remove the package (`sudo apt remove proton-drive-linux`, `sudo dnf remove
proton-drive-linux`, or `sudo pacman -R proton-drive-for-linux`), and, if you want no trace left,
the local data:
proton-drive-linux`, or `sudo pacman -R proton-drive-for-linux`). Removing the package also stops
the service of every logged-in user, in case a step above was skipped.
> [!CAUTION]
> Do not delete `~/ProtonDrive` while it is mounted. It is your Proton Drive, not a copy: every
> file deleted there is moved to the Proton Drive trash. Once the service is stopped the folder is
> an empty mount point, and removing it is safe.
If you want no trace left, remove the local data as well:
```bash
rm -rf ~/.config/proton-drive-linux ~/.local/state/proton-drive-linux ~/.cache/proton-drive-linux