PSA: I don't believe that Lenovo should be trusted. They sold malware infected devices in exchange for money and have a long history of subjecting their users to privacy and security problems.
Then once they were forced to admit the truth they released uninstall instructions that still left the systems vulnerable giving users a false sense of security. After security researchers started making headlines about their flawed removal instructions the company released updated instructions that actually removed the vulnerability they introduced. (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/20/lenovo-ap...)
With the superfish fiasco first they insisted there wasn't any risk: “We have thoroughly investigated this technology and do not find any evidence to substantiate security concerns,” (https://www.techshout.com/lenovo-denies-accusations-that-its...)
Then once they were forced to admit the truth they released uninstall instructions that still left the systems vulnerable giving users a false sense of security. After security researchers started making headlines about their flawed removal instructions the company released updated instructions that actually removed the vulnerability they introduced. (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/20/lenovo-ap...)
Other security issues that never should have happened include multiple hardcoded passwords (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lenovos-finge... and https://www.pcworld.com/article/419336/lenovo-fixes-hard-cod...) and shipping machines with crapware that was designed to send data back to Lenovo but also introduced a vulnerability and worse was stored in UEFI so that even after reinstalling the OS your machine just reinfects itself. (https://www.pcworld.com/article/422988/lenovos-service-engin...)
see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo#Security_and_privacy_in...
Who cares how good their compatibility with linux is if you can't trust the hardware its running on?