It appears the startpage in recent versions of chromium is hardcoded to a custom view that displays most visited pages as well as a google search box if google is the current search engine. I couldn't find any preference for users to set a custom start page.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570812 Title: Use the ubuntu startpage by default Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: chromium-browser Use the ubuntu startpage start.ubuntu.com/10.04/ by default home in chromium browser To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/570812/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp