Enable loading V8's initial snapshot from external files on Linux.

build/common.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2012 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.
 
 # IMPORTANT:
 # Please don't directly include this file if you are building via gyp_chromium,
 # since gyp_chromium is automatically forcing its inclusion.
 {
   # Variables expected to be overriden on the GYP command line (-D) or by
   # ~/.gyp/include.gypi.
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         # Turn on JNI generation optimizations on non-WebView builds.
         ['OS=="android" and android_webview_build==0', {
           'optimize_jni_generation%': 1,
         }, {
           'optimize_jni_generation%': 0,
         }],
 
         # TODO(baixo): Enable v8_use_external_startup_data
         # http://crbug.com/421063
-        ['android_webview_build==0 and android_webview_telemetry_build==0 and chromecast==0 and OS=="android"', {
+        ['android_webview_build==0 and android_webview_telemetry_build==0 and chromecast==0 and (OS=="android" or OS=="linux")', {
           'v8_use_external_startup_data': 1,
         }, {
           'v8_use_external_startup_data': 0,
         }],
       ],
 
       # Set this to 1 to enable use of concatenated impulse responses
       # for the HRTF panner in WebAudio.
       'use_concatenated_impulse_responses': 1,
 
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     # settings in target dicts.  SYMROOT is a special case, because many other
     # Xcode variables depend on it, including variables such as
     # PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR.  When a source group corresponding to something
     # like PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR is added to a project, in order for the
     # files to appear (when present) in the UI as actual files and not red
     # red "missing file" proxies, the correct path to PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR,
     # and therefore SYMROOT, needs to be set at the project level.
     'SYMROOT': '<(DEPTH)/xcodebuild',
   },
 }