Accessing Files on Android Device With Linux

I have an ASUS Zenfone Max Plus 1 with Android 8.1.0.
I also have MX Linux 21.3 on a PC.
With the PC I am trying to access the folder in the phone where pictures are stored.  So I plugged the phone using a USB cable into a port of my PC but nothing happened.
I used my PC's File Manager to see if the phone would show up as a plugged in device but it did not.
Is it even possible to access files on an Android device using Linux?  I would think so since Android is a derivative of Linux, but one never knows...
Thanks.
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tb