Looking for an odd SP 2013 farm configuration

I am in the process of setting up a proof of concept 2013 farm,
to determine issues such as:
1. what steps are needed to create the farm?
2. what steps are needed to move data from 2010 to 2013?
3. what steps are needed to make 2013's social networking features available?
One of the unique things that is being considered is this. Management has asked that we bring over the SP 2010 content, but keep the SP 2010 interface, not SP 2013. That is, the 2010 ribbon should remain as the user interface. The environment that the content is used should remain in the SP 2013 "SP 2010 compatibility" mode. We should continue using NTLM as the authentication protocol.Basically, run the content as if it were SP 2010, only on the SP 2013 server.
I have installed the pre-request, 2013 binaries, SP 1 and july 2014 cumulative updates to a new server.
I have completed the configuration wizard.
I am trying to determine what steps I need to take so that I can create a SP 2013 "farm" that is using the SP 2010 functions and features.
Also, when we do this, will we be able to turn on SP 2013 social features (at least on new site collections), or will the decisions to keep NTLM authentication, etc. make that difficult?
I am looking for ideas on how to proceed. I have read a lot of TechNet but have notfound anything on these topics.Thank you for your ideas.

If you do a standard Database Attach upgrade to your new 2013 farm the site collections that come across will all be in 2010 mode. If you don't let site collection administrator's update their site collections then the 2010 mode will be maintained.
But if you do that then you will also be limited to the 2010 feature set. You will not have access to the new 2013 social functionality. New site collections can also be created in 2010 mode using a dropdown when they are created. Here's
a site that has information on how to upgrade from 2010 to 2013.
But I really don't recommend running in 2010 mode for an extended length of time. The feature set will be limited and upgrading to the next version or service pack will be even more difficult.
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