How to fix Netbeans 7.4 (in my case) problems with Linux Mint Cinnamon:

Download JGoodies Looks and JGoodies Common and extract zip files somewhere.

Change your <NETBEANS-FOLDER>/etc/netbeans.conf by adding “–cp:p /home/ehurmuzov/java/jgoodies/jgoodies-looks-2.5.3/jgoodies-looks-2.5.3.jar –cp:p /home/ehurmuzov/java/jgoodies/jgoodies-common-1.6.0/jgoodies-common-1.6.0.jar  –laf com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.Plastic3DLookAndFeel” to the netbeans_default_options line:

netbeans_default_options=”-J-client -J-Xss2m -J-Xms32m -J-XX:PermSize=32m -J-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true -J-Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=true -J-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -J-Dsun.java2d.dpiaware=true -J-Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true –cp:p /home/ehurmuzov/java/jgoodies/jgoodies-looks-2.5.3/jgoodies-looks-2.5.3.jar –cp:p /home/ehurmuzov/java/jgoodies/jgoodies-common-1.6.0/jgoodies-common-1.6.0.jar  –laf com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.Plastic3DLookAndFeel”

Here is the result:

Before:

nb-before-menu

 

After:

nb-after-menu

 

Much better, isn’t it?