I'd say the opposite. There's more software and hardware to get working right on a laptop. Luckily Linus used a MBA bank in the day so it's well supported. My recommendation.

MX Linux, it's a Debian distro with a lot of tools to make life easy. It has all the drivers for Wi-Fi, BT, etc included.

Make sure to install mbpfan to control the thermals better.

That's about it, after that is up to what you want to install on it. My '14 is still a useful machine that way.