Instead of forcing the homepage to be linux splash, force the startup action ...

chrome/browser/profile.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "chrome/browser/profile.h"
 
 #include "base/command_line.h"
 #include "base/file_path.h"
 #include "base/file_util.h"
 #include "base/path_service.h"
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     std::wstring option = CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()->GetSwitchValue(
         switches::kPrivacyBlacklist);
 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
     FilePath path(WideToUTF8(option));
 #else
     FilePath path(option);
 #endif
     blacklist_ = new Blacklist(path);
   }
 
-#if defined(OS_LINUX)
-  // TODO(port): Remove ifdef when the Linux splash page is not needed.
-  prefs->transient()->SetString(prefs::kHomePage, "about:linux-splash");
-  prefs->transient()->SetBoolean(prefs::kHomePageIsNewTabPage, false);
-#endif
-
   // Listen for theme installation.
   registrar_.Add(this, NotificationType::THEME_INSTALLED,
                  NotificationService::AllSources());
 }
 
 void ProfileImpl::InitExtensions() {
   if (user_script_master_ || extensions_service_)
     return;  // Already initialized.
 
   const CommandLine* command_line = CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess();
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 void ProfileImpl::StopCreateSessionServiceTimer() {
   create_session_service_timer_.Stop();
 }
 
 #ifdef CHROME_PERSONALIZATION
 ProfilePersonalization* ProfileImpl::GetProfilePersonalization() {
   return personalization_.get();
 }
 #endif