广为应用的工具 meaning in English

work horse

Many installed utilities and applications - gcc , python , the kernel , openoffice , etc . , lag quite a few versions behind the most current ones , but most widely used tools are available as debian packages and hence fetchable using the wonderful
所安装的很多工具和应用程序gcc 、 python 、内核、 openoffice ，等等，要比当前最新的版本旧得多，但大部分广为应用的工具都可以作为debian包得到（这样就可以使用出色的