My guess would be yes as it is a driver issue, it probably just occurs at a smaller rate due to the nature of most linux distro’s not being graphic intensive on their desktop like Vista, however the internet is the internet no matter what OS it is on.
Well - according to the article - the problem is related to packaging. That means that the company didn’t do a good job of the thermal design on the package. So all the driver does is turn up the cooling faster.
In my experience, this type of thing shows up as flakey devices. You’ll be happily using your machine and it’ll lock up or the video would get strange. Point being that you would have to heat the unit up to see the failure, and it would take time for it to develop - perhaps months or years.