No desktop, Best programs?

[Knapp]

Hello, I have been thinking about putting UBuntu on my VERY old
laptop. It is so old that a desktop is really a waste.
I know that you can use a mouse on the CLI and that there are some
very good programs for all the standard functions but what are they?
Goals.

Use ONLY CLI.
Have a desktop like experience.

I will start with the midnight commander as the file browser.
What is the name of the program for using a mouse in CLI?
Programs needed; email, web, fire browser, IRC, torrent, Music, video,
timer, top like program, networking, a BIG ONE keyboard switcher
(dvorak to Germany to USA standard), Office, PDF. What did I forget?

Can it be done? Are there limits?

Thanks all!
-- 
Douglas E Knapp

Open Source Sci-Fi mmoRPG Game project.
http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page
http://code.google.com/p/perspectiveproject/