Debian iso for machine learning?

[Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com>]

Is there a distribution specced out for R/Python/Julia based tools
with all their related packages?  I've been trying to do a custom VM
image with the packages installed along with a few editors and doing a
rank amateur muppet job at it.  I'm close to giving up because I've
lost track of what I installed.  Though I should add, that the
installations of the packages have been a breeze without any hiccups.

If there's a distribution aligned for scientific computing or
statistical tools along with the bells and whistles, it'd help.

sivaram
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