New OSX User: Opening up a new terminal window in current space(?)

Question

I'm just meddling with OSX after a few years on Linux. There's a lot that I'm liking, but one thing that's slowing me down is that if I run the 'terminal' command via shortcut/spotlight/quicksilver, it whisks me off to any existing terminal in whatever space already has a terminal instance open.

I regularly like to pop up a terminal, run a quick command and then close it again, all the while staying in whatever desktop space I happen to be on.

...So, how do I do that on Mac?

Cheers...

Answer 1

Go to System Preferences -> Exposé & Spaces -> Spaces and check When switching to an application, switch to...