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)
Obviously I prefer ethereum, Ethereum even now looks to dominate the crypto market and is getting closer to bitcoin.
While ripple looks worse in many ways, Ethereum also has a better future. I suggest for ethereum investment, it's more certain.