I was using it to run YouTube-dl to save or backup online video (not just from YouTube; it can also effectively rip video from sites that are annoying like Redd

I was using it to run YouTube-dl to save or backup online video (not just from YouTube; it can also effectively rip video from sites that are annoying like Reddit and Twitter.) until I found dvd on F-Droid, which is a nice UI for that. Now I mostly use it to ssh. But it is surprisingly powerful, and occasionally you find a new use case that makes it worth having a generic Linux shell.