Skylake Graphics on Linux Mint and Ubuntu

For those who don't want to read this whole article, and instead just want the answer on how to get Skylake graphics working on Linux, the answer is to use Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf. The onboard graphics will work out of the box with this release of Ubuntu. I have not yet been able to get it working under Mint. Now if you want to read more about the journey, and some of the troubleshooting steps I took, read on! (Perhaps someone smarter than I can get the remaining steps to work)