Add instructions on creating smaller Linux builds

Updated Linux build instructions based on chromium-dev discussion.

Change-Id: I6cbddb5e1bccf6bf982a009f92849ceb4cefee4d
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/3514630
Reviewed-by: Henrique Ferreiro <hferreiro@igalia.com>
Commit-Queue: Bruce Dawson <brucedawson@chromium.org>
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				### Smaller builds

				The Chrome binary contains embedded symbols by default. You can reduce its size

				by using the Linux `strip` command to remove this debug information. You can

				also reduce binary size by disabling debug mode, disabling dchecks, and turning

				on all optimizations by enabling official build mode, with these GN args:

				```

				is_debug = false

				dcheck_always_on = false

				is_official_build = true

				```

				## Build Chromium

				Build Chromium (the "chrome" target) with Ninja using the command:

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