<ul><li>Google has introduced a new Linux Terminal app that connects to an isolated instance of Debian running in a virtual machine on Android devices.</li><li>The Terminal app has access to files shared by the Android host, including the downloads folder, which can be accessed under the /mnt/shared path in the Linux VM.</li><li>To access Android device files from the Linux Terminal, the files need to be placed in the Downloads directory of Android, and then they can be accessed through the /mnt/shared directory path in the Linux VM.</li><li>Various Linux commands like ls and cat can be used to interact with the Android device files from the Linux Terminal environment.</li></ul>

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