; You need to have NASM in your Linux PC ; To install NASM : apt-get nasm or yum install nasm ; How to compile and run ( I have tested on 32 bit Fedora Linux) ; $ nasm -f elf -l hello.1st hello.asm ; $ gcc -o hello hello.o ; $ ./hello ; Hello World ; $ SECTION .data ; data section msg: db "Hello World",10 ; the string to print, 10=cr len: equ $-msg ; "$" means "here" ; len is a value, not an address SECTION .text ; code section global main ; make label available to linker main: ; standard gcc entry point mov edx,len ; arg3, length of string to print mov ecx,msg ; arg2, pointer to string mov ebx,1 ; arg1, where to write, screen mov eax,4 ; write sysout command to int 80 hex int 0x80 ; interrupt 80 hex, call kernel mov ebx,0 ; exit code, 0=normal mov eax,1 ; exit command to kernel int 0x80 ; interrupt 80 hex, call kernel