Perhaps the most important aspect of Linux is its ability to provide an interface between the low-level files sitting on a hard drive and the (C system call) application layer.
The main point of this project is currently the ability to provide a dependable interface between the low-level files sitting in the browser-managed sandbox and the (JS call) application layer.
Once people start getting comfortable with the idea that the files in their web browsers are as dependable as the files in their native systems, then we can start having more serious discussions about the exact use cases that might follow.
It'll have to involve an evolutionary process just like GNU/Linux itself experienced in the 1990's.