I usually agree with the things that Chris writes but this isn't one of them. For starters, ~/.cache was invented because everyone was doing their own thing an

I usually agree with the things that Chris writes but this isn't one of them. For starters, ~/.cache was invented because everyone was doing their own thing and the previous situation was FAR worse. I don't agree with eliminating the concept of dot directories in unix just because some people haven't learned about them yet. And of course he acknowledges that their environment is unique. What I would do: run a script to symlink '.cache' to 'cache' in entry users home dir. Then it's not hidden anymore.