Rather than pull support altogether, Canonical will enable support for the applications where there’s a specific need. It will work with WINE, Ubuntu Studio and gaming communities to address the ultimate end of life of 32-bit libraries. But gamers should still be able to run old applications on newer versions of Ubuntu.

In a blog post, Canonical said it’s been discussing whether or not to support 32-bit x86 internally since 2014. “None of those discussions raised the passions we’ve seen here,” the company wrote, so it assumed it had consensus to drop support in newer versions. Apparently Ubuntu gamers felt otherwise. “Community discussions can sometimes take unexpected turns, and this is one of those,” Canonical wrote.

Canonical does warn that running software that gets little testing is inherently risky, and since there are fewer eyes on 32-bit x86 packages, there’s an increased chance that they’ll develop bugs. While it’s a bit of a play-at-your-own risk scenario, at least Linux users with extensive Ubuntu collections won’t lose their Steam game libraries.

The game will still be playable, but you’ll have to make a number of sacrifices. Existing players will have to download The Sims 4: Legacy Edition, a frozen-in-time version that uses the old standards. It’ll only work with add-on packs released in February 2019 or earlier, and online features like the Gallery, game banners and social tie-ins will stop functioning. You also won’t receive bug fixes. This is a not-so-subtle nudge to update your PC — EA is just making sure that you’re not completely left out if you can’t justify upgrading right away.