[Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system

> I gather it depends on the generation of the phone and what the            
> vendor felt like.

The phone is is new - first appeared in January this year, I 
understand. I have not yet tried copying files via a library           
computer - wasn't taking the phone anywhere until I had a
screen protector, which I have now got. It does seem a bit
odd to have to use a Windows machine to copy files between
two linux-based systems.