Q:

Netbeans menu is awful in Ubuntu - completely unreadable and bleh to look at. Any fixes?

Hey. A lot of my colleagues use the Netbeans IDE for a few reasons and I would like to as well, however unlike them, I can't get over the look of the menus:

Is there anything I can do to make the Netbeans menus look the same as the Eclipse menus?
Thanks.

A:

Netbeans is using your default window behavior (Window Decorations), not a built in theme. I'm using Kubuntu, so it may not be exactly the same, but the idea will be the same:
1) Right click along top of window and choose configure window behavior
2) Select Windows Deocrations
3) Choose from installed themes or download new ones. Kubuntu uses one called Oxygen by default, it looks pretty nice 

A:

I'm Using Ubuntu 11.10 and Netbeans 7.1.2 and had the same problem.
This is the solution which works for me:
1.) Edit 
{Netbeans-install-dir}/etc/netbeans.conf

2.) Extend following 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.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true

with:
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.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true --laf Metal -J-Dswing.aatext=true -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd"

You may replace "Metal" with "Nimbus".

