Modern user-friendly linux distros should use another tty, like maybe tty1, to run a minimal second display server that provides a windows-style graphical "Ctrl+Alt+Del" menu with a task manager and power menu.
It should be as easy as Ctrl+Alt+F1 and clicking an unresponsive task to get back to work for new users. Teaching newbies how to use top and kill just doesn't cut it. This is supposed to be able to supplant competing desktops and there is no equivalent function.