https://www.techspot.com/news/104856-intel-re … g-multiple.html

i wonder if this comment is truth:
https://www.techspot.com/news/104856-intel-re … html#comment_11

RexSceleratorum wrote:

There was an earlier Techspot article about this that was much more informative. The changes will affect mostly operating systems, not application software, given continued support for 32-bit compatibility. Real mode 16-bit or earlier will have to be virtualized, which is effortless in modern hardware.

The changes mostly affect boot up, so operating systems will require new and radically simplified bootstrapping that will no longer give headaches to computer science students.

Microsoft will immediately release an x86s Windows flavor, and various Linux distros will follow suit. You're only in trouble if you want to use unsupported legacy operating systems bare metal (XP, Win7, old Linux versions). You will have to resort to virtualization.