If we’re talking about an older thinkpad (eg pre 2018), probably not besides easier disk encryption. Older thinkpad do not have TPM, fingerprint reader, secure boot, etc and are running on older hardware that’s no longer officially supported. If it’s a modern one then it should have those sorts of features.
Some people will say this doesn’t matter for home use. These people don’t get their advice from me. If I’m giving a general recommendation, I’d at least want to recommend something with easy to set up disk encryption. It’s true that the risk is lower if no one is going to come into your house to steal your hard drive or modify your boot files, or even if you keep the laptop with you at all times while traveling.
Edit: I realized I’m describing what’s happening but not why. Apple has developed a very hostile or at least cold approach to linux on their devices. When the M1 was released, we couldn’t even boot a non-apple operating system and Apple users would try to shut down discussions about Linux. When Asahi got it to work using developer features, it required command line, disabling security features, and ignoring scary messages.
Asahi also had to reverse engineer the hardware to create support. That’s why we don’t have a basic feature like doing an external monitor over USB. Apple didn’t provide documentation about how the hardware works, so creating support for it is much harder for them. In contrast, there are linux devices with functioning TPM chips. These chips are intended to work across a variety of devices and systems, often including Linux servers.
Because of this, we can get more Linux security features, more program compatibility, and more hardware support either on VM running within Macos or on a better supported device. Apple doesn’t care about desktop Linux on their devices and the best case is that they continue to ignore it.