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> 
> > 
> > 8. Most extensive collection of third party software (over 18000 ) only 
> > second to Debian.
> 
> Looking back at it, I'm surprised I didn't mention that.
> 

Gentoo has over 24 thousand ebuilds, where an ebuild is their equivalent
of a port:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebuild

http://packages.gentoo.org/categories/ is the page that lists the
current number of ebuilds.