I am not involve with Litecoin. As a newbie now I am trying to learn about Bitcoin. I have read some articles on litcoin and I don't think Litecoin is totally dead.
it is not, because every coin want to be second only to bitcoin they keep calling LTC dismiss ahead of the time.
Ripple is second, Litecoin is just wannabe second.
Ripple is not a coin lol
Although I don't endorse Ripple, but what does your 'not a coin' have to do with anything? Do you imply that if something's not mined, it can't transfer value and thus act as money? Well, you're wrong, there are multiple examples of the opposite. Coin - no coin, you're stuck in 2009-2013 Bitcoin mining era, hello, it's 2014!