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 This is a fork of [foudfou/FireTray](https://github.com/foudfou/FireTray)
 
-The original FireTray has been "brutally" patched to display the number of unread messages in KDE system tray.
+The original FireTray has been patched to display the number of unread messages in KDE system tray.
 
 It is a workaround for issues:
 * [foudfou/FireTray #143](https://github.com/foudfou/FireTray/issues/143)