Indeed. I've installed (or just supplied a cd of) Linux to people from school kids to pensioners, with a huge variety of computer literacy. The only difference between the Linux users and the Windows users is that the Linux users no longer need to ask me for help. YMMV, but don't just trot out nonsense like "you have to use the command line". You don't.
From your example above (on the rare occasions you need something not in the 10,000s of standard packages).
Control Panel
Click install software
Add source
Paste in ppa:yannubuntu/reality-check (the software source)
Select the software from the list
Enjoy the system automatically updating all the software you have from a single interface
A lot easier than finding and installing software from random websites, all of which update separately, with different interfaces.
If you want to see what the next version of Windows will look like, install KDE. Of course, if you don't like it, there a wide variety of window managers available. Choice is good.