Are there any meta-{ebuilds,ports,packages}[*] that will install a large
number of packages for quicker preparation of a workstation?

I would like such a thing which would install items such as :

  ghostscript, ghostview, xpdf, xntpd, xinetd, gnome, kde, fvwm2,
  lprng, am-utils, dump/restore, sendmail, pcmcia, vim, emacs,
  rsh/rlogin, finger, mailx, procmail, fetchmail, vacation,
  amanda, nmh, procmail, pine, elm, tcpdump, traceroute, bind-tools,
  xemacs, .... etc., etc.

I am currently evaluating several distributions such as Debian, Gentoo and
Fedora to choose one to replace our Red Hat linux workstations with.

I like the infrastructure that Gentoo has put in place with their portage
system (I am a FreeBSD fan myself and portage resembles their ports
system) , but I will need a simpler way to bring systems up to spec post
install.

 - Mike

[*] sorry new to gentoo, not sure of your nomenclature yet.

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