For sure, and Linux/BSD isn't that scary. For anyone here who doesn't think they are smart enough, I'll give you a hint; even the Linux guru's 'Google' everything. They're looking up very different things but they're still searching like the rest of us. If you stick with popular distros there's always a guide, or a forum post, or a YouTube video that'll show you how to do almost anything. You don't even need to install it, you can run most distros, and all the popular ones, off a USB stick. You don't even need to change anything on your computer to try it. I personally still use Windows for almost everything, but calzone_gigante is right,

even if you choose to use windows again, after knowing more of how things work, you will be more able to force it in working your way.