im not an altcoin guy but im suddenly interested , as i can see on coinmarketcap there is ripple just after bitcoin then after it litecoin and ethereum , still isee a lotof people speaking about ethereum more then they do about ripple i just checked the website on ethereum and for some reasons i didn't understand anything , can't even find an executable file to download and if it's on beta will people lose their ether later (that's if they are storing them anywhere)
You must know that the ETH still has many problems in its network even though the platform is good. XRP has advantages if we speak with speed of confirmation, and are much cheaper for new investors. But, ethereum is more mature than XRP, and the conclusion is ether is still better in all things, all aspects.