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Elementary and Ubuntu are different distributions. The projects are different. The goals are different. There are lots of other differences between them. Elementary is based on Ubuntu, but it is _Ubuntu_. It's also not an **Ubuntu-flavor** (like Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu GNOME etc), but an **Ubuntu-based distribution**.
Ubuntu flavors dists are basically Ubuntu, featuring different desktop environment. If you want to know whether it is only the desktop environment that is different from Lubuntu to Ubuntu, then you may find answers to that part from this question
- http://askubuntu.com/questions/793886/how-does-ubuntu-flavor-iso-differ-from-a-desktop-package
> And lastly, if I have Elementary OS installed, is it possible to get updates from the latest Ubuntu repository?
That depends on how Elementary is set up. Elementary has lots of packages modified with their own patches. And a distribution will have its own repositories. So it's more likely that even if they use Ubuntu repository as fallback (like what Mint does), they will raise the *priority* of their repository, so that whenever there is a package from both Ubuntu and Elementary repo, the one from Elementary will be preferred.
Also be known the **Elementary Loki 0.4 is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS**, which means you won't get latest Ubuntu updates
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