can MinGW compile for Linux?

[wells_br at yahoo.com]

Hello,
actually my question is not directly related to WxWidgets, but still
this newsgroup seems to give the best answers concerning MinGW.

So, I'd simply like to know if I can use MinGW to compile programs for
Linux as well?

My understanding is that I cannot, but I hope that somebody proves me
wrong. As far as I see, MinGW includes a (cross)compiler as well as
the w32api which allow me to compile programs FOR Windows on both
Linux or Windows HOST systems. Is this correct?
What I would like, is to compile the same source, making w32api calls,
FOR Linux. Is this impossible?

(I know that I can combine MinGW and WxWidgets for this purpose, but
my question is whether I can avoid the WxWidgets overhead.)

Thanks
B.W.