Updated README re:lack of system tray support, options, and potential issues

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* [Xosview2 mini graphs](https://github.com/morgant/mlvwmrc-xosview2)
* [x11vnc Menu Extra](https://github.com/morgant/mlvwmrc-x11vnc)
### SYSTEM TRAY
MLVWM doesn't natively support the [System Tray Protocol](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/systemtray-spec/), but standalone X11 system tray applications such as the following _can_ be swallowed into the menu bar. Unfortunately, we don't currently include configurations for these, so you'll have configure them yourself:
**IMPORTANT:** MLVWM currently has some [overdraw rendering issues when X11 applications which resize themselves are swallowed into the menu bar](https://github.com/morgant/mlvwm/issues/36), so you'll want to configure a fixed-size system tray.
* [stalonetray](https://kolbusa.github.io/stalonetray/)
* [trayer](https://github.com/sargon/trayer-srg)
## MLVWM-SPECIFIC SCRIPTS
A few `mlvwm`-specific scripts are included and installed in `~/bin/`. You should ensure that this directory is in your user's `PATH` environment variable.