Hi, in case anybody else is frustrated about this, I've found a workaround (as root):
mkdir -p /etc/skel/.config/chromium/Default touch "/etc/skel/.config/chromium/First Run" echo "{}" > /etc/skel/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences The lines responsible for this mess in the code seem to be (although I did not verify since I found a suitable workaround): $ sed -n '986,987p' chrome/browser/profiles/profile_manager.cc if (profile->IsNewProfile() || first_run::IsChromeFirstRun()) profile->GetPrefs()->SetBoolean(prefs::kHasSeenWelcomePage, false); Regards Lukas