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

chrome/browser/browser_main.cc

Index: chrome/browser/browser_main.cc
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--- chrome/browser/browser_main.cc	(revision 20336)
+++ chrome/browser/browser_main.cc	(working copy)
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
 
 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
 #include "chrome/app/breakpad_linux.h"
+// TODO(estade): remove this when the linux splash is removed.
+#include "chrome/browser/session_startup_pref.h"
 #endif
 
 // TODO(port): several win-only methods have been pulled out of this, but
@@ -533,6 +535,14 @@
   // services aware of all our preferences.
   browser::RegisterAllPrefs(user_prefs, local_state);
 
+#if defined(OS_LINUX)
+  // TODO(port): Remove ifdef when the Linux splash page is not needed.
+  SessionStartupPref startup_pref =
+      SessionStartupPref(SessionStartupPref::URLS);
+  startup_pref.urls.push_back(GURL("about:linux-splash"));
+  SessionStartupPref::SetStartupPref(profile, startup_pref);
+#endif
+
   // Now that all preferences have been registered, set the install date
   // for the uninstall metrics if this is our first run. This only actually
   // gets used if the user has metrics reporting enabled at uninstall time.