Yandex Browser "Russia" Beta Released, Available for Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Redhat Based Distro
Yandex Browser "Russia" Beta Released, Available for Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Redhat Based Distro
Yandex Browser is a free, multiplatform, easy to use and attractive graphical web browser that has been designed by the popular Russian search engine, Yandex. It is derived from the Chromium web browser and uses the Blink engine to render web pages fast and clean.
Yandex Search is said to be the 4th most popular web query portal after Google, Baidu and Yahoo!, but commands a majority of the Russian-speaking internet search market.
But not quite as big a share as it once did. The reason? Google Chrome, which is Russia’s most popular web browser and defaults (naturally) to Google’s own search engine rather than Yandex’s.
Their solution is canny: take the open-source foundations that make Chrome so popular, add a big ol’ smattering of Yandex flavour on top, and release.
And it’s paying off.
The Chromium-based ‘Yandex Browser‘ has risen to snatch a healthy 6% of the overall browser market in Russia in the 2 years since its debut, and has since expanded to offer builds for iOS and Android.
Now, with the first beta release of their flagship browser for Linux, that figure could be about to rise even faster.
But not quite as big a share as it once did. The reason? Google Chrome, which is Russia’s most popular web browser and defaults (naturally) to Google’s own search engine rather than Yandex’s.
Their solution is canny: take the open-source foundations that make Chrome so popular, add a big ol’ smattering of Yandex flavour on top, and release.
And it’s paying off.
The Chromium-based ‘Yandex Browser‘ has risen to snatch a healthy 6% of the overall browser market in Russia in the 2 years since its debut, and has since expanded to offer builds for iOS and Android.
Now, with the first beta release of their flagship browser for Linux, that figure could be about to rise even faster.
