Well, no, not precisely.
The issue at hand affects only mobile Skylakes. Skylakes targeting desktop use are not affected.
The caveat Intel published re: Skylakes is the same caveat it has published for the previous two generation of CPU's.
What we seem to be lacking is actual evidence -- numbers -- that Linux users running on those units have seen more failures than users not running Linux.
Hell, Intel Haswell in Apple hardware (15" rMBP, mid-2015) rips through the battery, even on stock OS X.
I've been at home, on AC power, starting around 9-10% battery, where it tells me 12+ hours until full charge. This laptop is 4 months old, and that scenario was only iTerm and Chrome open... :'(
Just one of the many ways Intel seems to be dropping the ball lately.