Will a VPN on my home network protect me from my ISP?

forev3r

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I'm looking to set up a VPN on my linux machine to add a bit more security when I download. I'm going to be using OpenVPN and I know how to set up servers and what not but I'm unsure if my efforts would be worth it.

If I set up a VPN on my home network and connect my computer to it to download things, would it actually do anything? Would my ISP just see it hit my server rather than my desktop?