The ever-informative and interesting Tombuntu shows how to install the latest Compiz and how to get the Cylinder and Sphere deformations going. Great fun.
Upgrade to the Latest Compiz: Tombuntu

While waiting for an email to come in, I set to wondering about Compiz on my notebook, running Hardy Heron.
From Add/Remove Applications I installed Advanced Desktop Effects Settings, Compiz Fusion Icon, and Desktop Effects.
These seem to have given me, via System/Prefernces/Control Center/Advanced Desktop Effects - certain effects, like transparent windows, Wobbly Windows, and the [...]